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Name: BURRIDGE, Arthur Charles (Lance Corporal)
Nee: son of Arthur Francis Burridge, FIA of Hassocks, Sussex, br-in-law of Ernest Leo Healey Tutt
Birth Date: 7 Jan 1883 Chiswick
Death Date: 25 Sep 1914 Ingito Hill, killed in action
First Date: 1910
Last Date: 1914
Profession: Farmer
Area: HBEA 1912 - Farm 94, Uasin Gishu
Book Reference: Gillett, HBEA, Hut, EAMR, CWGC, Land, Gazette, Nicholls, Red Book 1912
War Service: Joined EAMR in 1914 - C Sqdn. 7/8/14 - L/Cpl. 10/8/14; killed 25/9/14
School: Rugby
General Information:
He took up land, started farming and then joined the EAMR at the outbreak of war in August 1914.
CWGC - Nairobi British & Indian Memorial - The Memorial consists of 11 stone panels, carved with the names of the British officers and men and the Indian officers. The central panel is inscribed with the words "Here are recorded names of officers and men who fell in East Africa before the advance to the Rufiji in January, 1917, but to whom the fortune of war denied the known and honoured burial given to their comrades in death."
Land - 1910 - A.C. Burridge - Grazing and agricultural, 1843 acres (Farm No. 94) - Uasin Gishu - 23/6/10 - Leasehold under Occupation Licence for 5 to 99 years from 1/7/10 - Registered 24/8/10
Land - 1910 - A.C. Burridge - Grazing and agricultural, 1756 acres (Farm No. 102) - Uasin Gishu - 23/6/10 - Leasehold under Occupation Licence for 5 to 99 years from 1/7/10 - Registered 24/8/10
Gazette - 11/10/16 - Partnership between Ernest Leo Hely [Healey] Tutt and the late Arthur Charles Burridge dissolved because of the latter's death
Red Book 1912 - A.C. Burridge - Uasin Gishu
Hut has partner with Tutt.
CWGC - Lance Corporal 181, EAMR who died on Friday, 25th September 1914.
Gazette - 10-1-1917 - Probate and Administration - A.C. Burridge who was killed in action at Ingito Hill on or about 25th September 1914
1939 England and Wales Register has wife living in Camberwell as a doctor's daily help - says born 23 Apr 1880 [the 1883 date comes from UK WW1 Pension Ledgers]
Tom Lawrence There is another memorial to him at St Mary the Virgin Church, Manor Road, Bexley, London, DA5 3LX. It is a rectangular brass plaque on a wooden base with a double line border and latin cross at the top. Lettering in black with capitals in red. The inscription reads “AUudax pro patria et semper paratus"/ To the glory of God / and in loving remembrance of / Arthur Charles Burridge/ the dearly loved elder son / of Arthur and Emily Burridge of Elmington, Bexley/ Born 7th January 1883/ He was killed in action against the German Forces at Ngito, British east Africa / 25th September 1914 when attached to the East African Mounted Rifles / formerly of the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps / This tablet is given by his friends / Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (IWM website)
Tom Lawrence In a letter home27 Sep 1914 Guy Graham wrote about the action at Ingito “One poor youngster [assumed to be Sonny Elliot] in my section and mess was shot in through the leg, and a man named Burridge attended him in the firing line; also refusing to retreat when the order was given. That was the last seen of either of them alive, for when we returned later the poor boy was found bayoneted through the neck, and his companion shot through the head.”