Source: War Diary Entry.
Family Search: Private Alfred Ernest Ridgely was born on 15 August 1876, in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom as the son of Joseph Ridgley and Elizabeth Ridgley. He married Elizabeth Sarah White on 25 December 1902, in Hoxton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in London, Ontario, Canada in 1914. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 38, his occupation is listed as labourer in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 20 October 1915, in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium, at the age of 39, and was buried in Voormezele, Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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