Private Isaac James Ritson
203172 2/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Killed in Action 10th August 1917
Lived at 22 Barracks Road
Buried in Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, France VIII.D.25
Burnley Express 25th August 1917

Isaac James Ritson Ethel May (Nee) Stephenson and son Herbert Wallace

Isaac James Ritson married Ethel May Stephenson on 15 Jun 1912. Isaac J Ritson had a son Herbert Wallace Ritson. Isaac had joined the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and was assigned to the 2/4 Battalion. His regimental numbers are 6944, 203172 . Isaac was killed in action on 08 Auguest 1917 when a horse landed on him. The Ritson's lived at 22 Branch Rd. Also to this; Bertram Stephenson, Ethel May Stephenson' brother was the best man at Ethel & Isaac's marriage. Bertram Had joined the Coldstream Guards and ended up somehow in the Machine Gun Corp. Bertram received chest wounds and passed on 28 Auguest 1917 of his wounds.

(Courtesy of Larry D Ritchie)