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William Forster Riddell, B.A.

RNVR. British

Born   1917
Died  7 Dec 1942(25)

Roster information listed for William Forster Riddell, B.A.


ShipTypeRank / roleAttacked onBoat
CeramicSteam passenger shipPassenger (Lieutenant)7 Dec 1942 (+)U-515

Personal information

Son of William Edmiston and Emily Edmiston Riddell; husband of Olga Geldard Forster Riddell, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, A.M.I.E.E., Freeman of the Borough of Berwick-on-Tweed. Assigned to HMS Tana II, a RN base at Kilindini, Kenya. Lost on passage to Capetown.

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