Riddel, Robert Mackie
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment: 10th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
Biography: Son of John Rid-del, settmaker ; born Kintore, 7 March 1892 ; educated at Kintore H.G. Public School, where he served as a pupil teacher ; student in Arts, 1912-14. He enlisted in the 6th Gordons on 5 October 1914. In November of the same year he was drafted to France, and a month later was invalided home. Returning to France in May 1915, he distinguished himself at the battle of Loos, and for gallantry was recommended for a commission. He received his commission in December 1915 and was attached to the 10th Gordon Highlanders. On 1 July 1916 he was instructing a class on the action of bombs, when the bomb exploded in his hands and killed him. His C.O. wrote : "He was an excellent officer in every way and had proved himself of great value in the field on many occasions. . . . I shall find it hard to fill his place in the Battalion."
Date of Death: 01 July 1916
Burial Details: Buried at Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery, Row P., Grave 4.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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