Frederick Rideout

Story:
Frederick Rideout was born in 1879 in Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury, Dorset, the son of Henry Rideout and Mary Anne Rideout (née Tuffin). At the time of the 1911 Census he was living at Pipers Mill, Fontmell Magna, working as a Farm Labourer. He enlisted in Shaftesbury as a Private with the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 5987). He served in France & Flanders from 16 Aug 1914 and was regrettably presumed killed in action shortly after on 13th October 1914. His name now appears on Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France (Panel 22 & 23). He is also remembered on the Fontmell Magna War Memorial, Shaftesbury.  Printed Sources: "Fontmell Magna and the First World War", compiled by Chris Bellers, Fontmell Magna Village Archive Society, 2014.