Born during the June quarter 1874 in the Neath
R.D. - ref: 11a/687, the son of John & Jane Ridd
(nee Ireland).

1881 Census - The Gove, Higher Llansamlet,
Glamorganshire.    Son - aged: 6 - Scholar - born:
Llansamlet, Glamorganshire.     Head of household
- John Ridd - Married - aged: 49 - occ:
Storekeeper - born: Challacombe, Devon.    Also -
Jane Ridd - Wife - aged: 49 - born: Westdown,
Devon.  Plus 6 siblings.

1891 Census - Brunswick Place, Sketty, Swansea
Higher and Lower, Sketty, Glamorganshire.    Son -
aged: 16 - occ Tailor's Apprentice - born:
Llansamlet, Glamorganshire.    Head of household -
John Ridd - Married - aged: 59 - occ: Roadman -
born: Challacombe, Devon.   Plus 2 elder siblings.
  On the night of the census, his mother - Jane
Ridd - Married - aged: 60 was visiting her sister
and husband at 23 Cwmfelin Fach, Llangyfelach,
Clase, Swansea.

Married Ethel Pattie Gent during the March quarter
1900 in the Swansea R.D. - ref: 11a/1135.

1901 Census - 17 Glanmor Crescent, Swansea,
Glamorganshire.    Son - Married - aged: 26 - occ:
Tailor - born: Llansamlet, Glamorganshire.    Head
of household - John Ridd - Married - aged: 69 -
occ: Roadman Labourer - born: Challacombe, Devon. 
 Also - Jane Ridd - Wife - aged: 69 - born:
Westdown, Devon.    Plus George's new wife - Ethel
P. Ridd - daughter-in-law - born: Paddington,
London.

1911 Census - 91 Shrubland Street, Leamington,
Warwickshire.     Head - Married - aged: 36 - occ:
Journeyman Tailor - born: Llansamlet,
Glamorganshire.     Also - Ethel Ridd - Wife -
aged: 36 - born: Paddington, London.    Plus 4
daughters, the youngest - Kathleen Grace Ridd,
then aged: 8 months, was also killed along with
her father in 1940.

1939 National Registration - 133 Clifton Street,
Stretford.   George Ridd - Widowed - born on the
1st June 1874 - occ: Tailor (Retired).   Kathleen
G. Ridd - Single - born on the 23rd June 1910 -
occ: Secretary (General Merchant).  Ellen E.
Elwell - Single - born on the 7th May 1909 - occ:
Housekeeper.   George Heaps - Married - born on
the 30th July 1912 - occ; Carpenter (Builder).

His wife - Ethel Pattie Ridd died on the 20th
March 1930

CWD Report No. 28.   Died as a result of blast &
falling debris at 133 Clifton Street, Old
Trafford, from where his body was recovered at
18.30 hrs on the 31st December 1940 and taken to
the City Road Mortuary, Old Trafford.     His body
was identified by his son-in-law - Thomas
Harthill, 19 Rosslyn Road, Firswood, husband of
his daughter Lora (Lorna) and released for burial
to the Council's Undertaker Contractor - R.
Pepperdine, 31 Ayres Road, Old Trafford.  
Employed as a Tailor.

Buried 06/01/1941 - Burial No. 17,919.

Killed due to the explosion of a Land Mine.

Story related in 2004 by Julie Wickham - We were
lucky because a parachute mine had landed at the
end of Clifton Street and several houses had
collapsed into the cellars, including our previous
house, 61.  It was never rebuilt and the site is
now part of the playing field for a new school,
built after the war. 

CWGC - of 133 Clifton Street, Old Trafford.
Husband of the late Ethel Pattie Ridd. Died at 133
Clifton Street.