Ritson, Eustace Blackburne –

Son of the late Rev. William Ritson, of Rivington Parsonage, Rivington, Lancashire, and of Lucy Margaret Ritson. Enlisted September 1914 as Private PS/1988, 18th Bn., Royal Fusiliers. Commissioned 25/09/1916. Reported missing since October 1917 and subsequently presumed killed.

Personal details

  • Surname: Ritson
  • Forename: Eustace Blackburne
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Chorley, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Rivington, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 34
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: October 8th, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Unit: 204th Company.
  • Service number: Not known
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Not known
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • CWGC reference: Panel 154 to 159 and 163A.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 21/06/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6c

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