352154 Private Samuel Ridgway of the 2/9th (Ashton Territorials/Ashton Pals) Battalion, Manchester Regiment:

 

He died of wounds on the 20 May 1917, aged 24 years, and he is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, France.

 

Samuel Ridgway was born at Denton in 1893 and he is the son of Samuel Ridgway and Sarah Scholes who were married at St Paul’s Church, Portwood, Stockport, in 1873. In 1911 he was resident with his parents on Hyde Road, Denton, employed in the hatting industry.

Peter Whitehead