William Forster Riddell

abt 1916 - 1942  (~ 26 years)

• Name	William Forster Riddell  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	abt May 1916	Edmonton   [1]
  Degree/Qualif.	abt 1938	Cambridge University ; BA  [4]
  Degree/Qualif.	abt 1939	AMIEE  [4]
  	Associate Member of Institution of Electrical Engineers. Commemorated on their Roll of Honour.
  Occupation	abt 1939	Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge ; Fellow  [4]
  Military Service	abt 1939 - 1942	Lieutenant, RNVR  [4]
  Marriage	abt Feb 1940	Newcastle-upon-Tyne   [2]
  	Olga Geldard Robinson,   b. 30 Oct 1914, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ,   d. May 1999, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  Death	07 Dec 1942	At sea, off Azores ; Cause: Died while on active service  [4, 5, 6]
  	Sank at latitude 40 deg. 30 min. N., longitude 40 deg, 20 min. W. See SS Ceramic - The Untold Story, by Claire Hardy.
  Probate	20 Nov 1944	Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; £32,311 13s.  [5]
  	Riddell William Forster of Sanson Seal Berwick-upon-Tweed died 7 December 1942 on war service Probate Newcastle-upon-Tyne 20 November [1944] to Barclays Bank Limited. Effects £32311 13s. [NPC]
  Notes	William Forster Riddell, B.A., RNVR. Born 1917 [1916], died 7 Dec 1942 (aged 25 [26]). Passenger (Lieutenant) on SS "Ceramic", attacked and sunk by U-boat U-515. Son of William Edmeston and Emily Edmeston 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. [uboat.net website accessed 18 Jan 2013]
  Person ID	I1494	Tatham | Bloxham branch | Descendant
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	William Edmeston Riddell,   b. 20 Dec 1874, Berwick-upon-Tweed ,   d. 27 Jul 1928, Sanson Seal, Berwick-upon-Tweed  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Edith Emily Ker,   b. 06 Apr 1877, Surbiton ,   d. 13 Jan 1958, General Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne  (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	12 Apr 1910	St Michael, Highgate   [3, 7, 8]
  		William Edmeston Riddell & Edith Emily Ker Marriage register
  Family ID	F0073	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olga Geldard Robinson,   b. 30 Oct 1914, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ,   d. May 1999, Newcastle-upon-Tyne  (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	abt Feb 1940	Newcastle-upon-Tyne   [2]
  Notes	no known children
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2013
  Family ID	F1078	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S02] BMD Index, birth reg Edmonton, 2Q1916. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Newcastle/T, 1Q1940. [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S07] Other Sources, U-boats website. website accessed 18 Jan 2013 [S14] National Probate Calendar. [S34] Commonwealth War Graves Commission. [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, St Michael, Highgate, 12 Apr 1910. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Edmonton, 2Q1910.