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1911 Listed as Assistant Superintendent Balloon Factory. Age 35 born Enfield.<ref>1911 Census</ref> | 1911 Listed as Assistant Superintendent Balloon Factory. Age 35 born Enfield.<ref>1911 Census</ref> | ||
1911. Killed on the 18th of August 1911 when testing an experimental de Havilland machine from the [[Army Balloon Factory]] | 1911. Killed on the 18th of August 1911 when testing an experimental de Havilland machine from the [[H. M. Balloon Factory|Army Balloon Factory]] | ||
He was replaced as Superintendant by [[S. Heckstall-Smith]] | He was replaced as Superintendant by [[S. Heckstall-Smith]] |
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Theodore John Ridge (1875-1911), Early aviator.
1875 Born in Enfield the son of John James Ridge, a Doctor, and his wife Harriet Newsome Williams/
Assistant Superintendant of the Royal Aircraft Factory
1911 Listed as Assistant Superintendent Balloon Factory. Age 35 born Enfield.[1]
1911. Killed on the 18th of August 1911 when testing an experimental de Havilland machine from the Army Balloon Factory
He was replaced as Superintendant by S. Heckstall-Smith
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1911 Census
- The History of British Aviation 1908-14 by R. Dallas Brett. Published c1930.