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• Name RITSON
• Initials JW
• First name JOHN WILLIAM
• Place of birth Hexham
• Country Northumberland, England
• Last residence Hamshaugh, Northumberland
• Family Son of William and Mary Ritson;
  Husband of Christina Ritson (née Tailford), of Dale Cottage, Humshaugh, Northumberland; five children;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Middlesbrough, Yorkshire
• Service number 228347
• Rank Pioneer
• Regiment and unit 305th Road Construction Coy. Royal Engineers
• Attached or transferred from Scottish Rifles

Death

• Wounded Run over by a train at 6.10 in the morning, between Poperinge and Remy Siding;
• Type of wounds Died of accidental injuries, shattered head in n°3 Canadian CCS
• Date of death 25 September 1917
• Died at the age of 45
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIII - C - 5

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