Sergeant Major Stephen Ridley

1892 - 1918  (25 years)

• Name	Stephen Ridley
  Prefix	Sergeant Major
  Born	13 Dec 1892	London, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	military, misfortune, story
  Military	WW1
  Immigration	1907	, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Occupation	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Laborer, Flax Mill
  Residence	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Anglican
  Military	1914	WW1   [3]
  	WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 19th Battalion
  Military	1914	WW1   [2]
  	WW1, Service # 55696
  Residence	1914	WW1   [2]
  	WW1, 11 Close Ave., Galt, Ontario
  Misfortune	1918
  	Killed in WW1
  Residence	, England   [3]
  Residence	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	London, England   [2]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-206087
  Died	29 Aug 1918	Cambrai, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France   [4]
  Buried	Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery, Ligny-Saint-Flochel, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Person ID	I206087	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Stephen Ridley,   b. Mar 1868, , England ,   d. 9 Mar 1930  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Katherine "Katie" "Kate" Harrington,   b. Jan 1870, , England ,   d. 8 Dec 1952  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Family ID	F42446	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Ridley,Stephen-WW1.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  BX May 16, 1919 Distinguished Conduct Medal Presented to Hero's Mother - Decoration Awarded to Company Sergeant Major Stephen Ridley, Formerly of Brantford A former resident of Brantford, and an employee of The Courier, has been added to the list of Canadian heroes, the late C.S.M. Stephen Ridley, whose distinguished conduct medal was received by Mayor A.W. Mercer of Galt on Monday. The late Company Sergeant-Major Stephen Ridley died of wounds on August 28, 1918 and was awarded the coveted decoration on account of the gallantry and courage he displayed in the battle of Cambrai, in which he received his fatal wounds. He was one of the 19th Battalion Boys. On Tuesday Mayor Mercer, Ald. Alfred Taylor and others, waited upon the soldiers mother, Mrs. Stephen Ridley, of 11 Close Avenue, and presented her with the Distinguished Conduct Medal which had been awarded to her son. In making the presentation Mayor Mercer addressed Mrs. Ridley: To me has fallen the great honour of being commissioned by the military authorities to deliver to you the Distinguished Conduct Medal so nobly won by your gallant son on the field of Cambrai. No words of mine can convey the appreciation of your son's fellow citizens for his gallantry, and even this tangible appreciation from the Empire falls short of consoling you for the loss of your beloved son, but as the years go on and all-healing time brings you the balm of consolation that nothing else can give your pride will be freshly inspired every time you gaze on this medal, the tangible evidence that amongst countless heroes your son was counted brave. It is with pride, therefore, that I hand you this medal, counting it associated even in this small measure with that of your son and that I can do your son the posthumous service of delivering to his mother the medal which he so gallantly won at the cost of his own life. And, on behalf of the city, permit me to assure you that your fellow citizens rejoice with you in your son's bravery and mourn with you his early death. Stephen Ridley DCM | Great War Centenary Association. (2018). Doingourbit.ca. Retrieved 30 May 2018, from https://www.doingourbit.ca/profile/stephen-ridley-dcm?page=8

  
  

• Sources

  [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Div. 15 Page 1. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S2231] Military - Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . In memory of/ Stephen RIDLEY/ died Mar. 9, 1930/ aged 64 years/ his wife/ Kate HARRINGTON/ died Dec. 8, 1952/ aged 80 years/ C.S.M. S. RIDLEY D. C. M. son/ died of wounds/ in France-1918/ aged 26 years RIDLEY/ [Veteran's cross]/

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Dec 1892 - London, England Immigration - 1907 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer, Flax Mill - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Anglican - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - , England Residence - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - London, England Died - 29 Aug 1918 - Cambrai, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Buried - - Ligny-St. Flochel British Cemetery, Ligny-Saint-Flochel, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth