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Lloyd Riddell MM

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772533
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Farringdon Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario
Awards or decorations: 
Military Medal
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Norfolk
Birth city: 
Waterford, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
33 Foster Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
33 Foster Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Blacksmiths helper
Employer: 
Verity Plow Co.
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
24
Gallantry medals: 
Yes
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Letters and documents

London Gazette: 30573
Date: March 13, 1918
Honour or Award: Military Medal
Authority: R.O. 3671, Thacker, December 23, 1917
Name: Riddell, Lloyd (772533)
Unit: 1st Battalion

Details: At Passchendaele on Nov. 6th, 1917 this man repeatedly carried messages through the enemy barrage to Battn. Headquarters and showed great courage under very heavy enemy shell fire.

BX April 9, 1959

Lloyd Riddell

Lloyd Riddell died Wednesday in Sunnybrook Military Hospital, Toronto.  He was born in Wilsonville in 1891, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Riddle (Riddell).  Mr. Riddell was a veteran of the First World War.  He was employed in Brantford with the Dominion Radiator Company and was later transferred to Toronto in 1940.  He was predeceased by his wife, the former Mabel L. Johnson in November, 1958.  Mr. Riddell will rest at the Beckett Funeral Home from Friday morning for the funeral at 2 p.m. on Friday, with interment in the family plot in Farringdon Burial Ground.

BX April 11, 1959

Lloyd Riddell

The funeral service for Lloyd Riddell, husband of the late Mabel L. Johnson, was conducted yesterday afternoon at the Beckett Funeral Home by Rev. G.O. Cox of Oakland United Church.  Pallbearers were James Riddle of Toronto, Grant Riddle of Wilsonville, Frederick Grobb of Brantford, Leonard Johnson and Arnold Johnson of Brantford and Reginald Jonson of Hamilton.  Interment was in the family plot of Farringdon Burial Ground.

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