British War Medal (WILLIAM H. RIDSDILL); Mercantile Marine Medal (WILLIAM H. RIDSDILL); Memorial Plaque (WILLIAM HENRY RIDSDILL)
William Henry Ridsdill was born in Hull, Yorkshire in 1891. He had been in the employ of the Great Northern Steam Fishing Company from the age of 15 and had advanced to the level of 1st Engineer aboard the Steam Trawler "Egret" by the time WWI broke out.
"Egret" was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1918 and is reported as having been sunk on 1 June 1918 by torpedo fired by a German submarine approximately 2 nautical miles East by North of Spurn light vessel. There were no survivors of her crew of 11.
Ridsdill is remembered with honour on the Tower Hill Memorial.
Medals are in good condition unless otherwise indicated. Sold with some research.
