Roll of Honour

Roll of Honour

Riddel, Donald Olson

Biography: Son of Alexander Riddel; born Oyne, 5 October 1887. M.B., 1912. Private, Royal Highlanders, 27 August 1914; commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps, 22 December 1914. Served-France, Belgium, 3 years; Home, 1 year. Wounded. Final rank, Major. Distinguished Service Order, October 1916. Montenegran Silver Medal for Bravery, February 1917. Mentioned in despatches, January 1917.

Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.


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