Francis Riddell
Rank: Private
Service No: S/9468
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 11/04/1917
Theatre of Death: F&F
Regiment/Service: Seaforth Highlanders (2nd Bn.)
Cemetery: Brown’s Copse Cemetery
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Mr and Mrs Riddell, 229 King Street, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Mother Jeanie Riddell.
1901 census information:
Address: 227 King Street, Rutherglen.
Father: Robert (26) iron moulder, born about 1875 in Uddingston.
Mother: Jeanie (27) born about 1874 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Maggie (4) born about 1897 in Rutherglen.
Self: Francis (2) born about 1899 in Rutherglen.
Newspaper transcript – L.-Cpl. F. Riddell, Rutherglen. Mr and Mrs Riddell, 229 King Street, Rutherglen, have received intimation of the death of their son, Lance-Corporal, Frank Riddell, Seaforth Highlanders, reported missing since April 11, 1917, and now reported killed in action. He was 19 years of age, and before enlisting was employed in Queen’s Park, Locomotive Works, Polmadie.