Youngest son of Clifton and Alice Ann Ridings, of 108, Rufford Road, Crossens, Southport, Lancashire, and formerly of 8, New Lane, Crossens, Southport, Lancashire. Late of Bolton. An old boy of the Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Enlisted September 1914. Attached 61st/2 Trench Mortar Battery.
Ridings, Clifton –
Personal details
- Surname: Ridings
- Forename: Clifton
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Southport, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 23
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: August 24th, 1916
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 12th (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 19321
- Regiment: King's Liverpool Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Southport, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- CWGC Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
- CWGC reference: Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 15/09/1916 29/12/1916 24/08/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6b* S6* 6h