SKELTON - IN - CLEVELAND
IN HISTORY

"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"


Serjeant STANLEY VIDEAN.

C/12682, 21st Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps.

who died, aged 24, on the 20th of June 1916.

Son of Mr Martin John and Mrs S A Videan, of 78 High St, Skelton-in-Cleveland, N Yorks.



Berks Cemetery Extension.
12km South of Ypres.

The 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles) of the King's Royal Rifle Corps were formed in September 1915 from volunteers from the farming communities of Yorkshire, Northumberland and Durham, by the Northern Command.
In January 1916 they were attached to 124th Brigade, 41st Division.
The Division moved to France by 6th May 1916.
All units were concentrated near Steenwerck, and the Division began familiarisation with trench warfare in the areas of Ploegsteert and the Douve valley, south of Ypres, where it remained until August 1916.
Stanley Videan lost his life in some unknown action during this period.