Year of birth: 1892

Place of birth: Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Country: England, United Kingdom

Force: British Expeditionary Force

Rank: Private

Service number: 30714

Units:  —  Devonshire Regiment, 1st Bn.  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 04/10/1917

Place of death: Polderhoek Château, Belgium

Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Age: 25

British War Medal Medal

Victory Medal Medal

Private Arthur Stanley Riddett was part of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, 95th Brigade, 5th Division. His battalion took part in the Battle of Broodseinde on 4 October 1917. The 95th Brigade attacked with the 1st Devon’s and 1st Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. The 1st East Surreys were in support and the 12th Gloucesters in reserve . The objective (J17.a.3.3. – J17.c.1.6.), taking the Chateau in the wood, was successfully reached, but they encountered heavy rifle and machine gun fire from Polderhoek Chateau. They were forced to fall back to line J.16.a.5.1. – J.16.c.7.5., giving up most of Chateau Wood, but were able to keep this position despite several enemy counterattacks. Private Arthur Stanley Riddett most likely died during the retreat , which would mean he fell near Polderhoek Chateau.

1 Battalion Devonshire Regiment. (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/1579/3). Sources used

Atkinson C.T., The Devonshire Regiment : 1914 -1918, (Exeter, Eland Brothers, 1926), p 279-281. Sources used

McCarthy Chris, Passchendaele : The Day-by-Day account, (London, Uniform, 2018), p 108-109. Sources used

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/830741

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=ea598162-a42c-4007-aa3c-6442db532ff0

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/3736544