Aldridge H Sergt 201641 11th Suffolk Regiment
ALDRIDGE, HENRY, Sergt., No. 201641, 11th (Service) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., 8. of William Aldridge, of Standon; b. Standon, co. Herts, 23 Feb. 1886; educ. there; enlisted in the Suffolk Regt. 19 June, 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 5 Nov. following, and was killed in action there 24 Oct. 1918. Buried at Vendigies, north-east of Cambrai. A letter written stated: “I can only say that of all the six who were killed in the recent action, there is no one about whom I am more grieved than your husband. Whenever we were under heavy shelling, his coolness helped us all. I know that once he saved several who were buried alive during a German barrage in Aug. In every way he was a right hand to me.” He m. at Christ Church, Tottenham, N., in 1911, Phœbe Mary Ann (23, Culross Road, Lower Tottenham, N.), dau. of Edward Freeman, and had a dau., Phœbe Marjorie.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5