Private Joseph R Riddle

Joseph Robert Riddle was the son of Henry Charles and Rachael (O’Neill) Riddle, of east London, he enlisted in the Essex Regiment and volunteered for airborne forces.

Private Riddle successfully completed glider training and was posted to 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, and took part in Operation Varsity (Rhine Crossing).

Pte Riddle was killed in action on 24 March 1945, age 21, and was given a field burial at Hamminkeln, Germany, and was re-interred to Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany, on 18 April 1947.

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