Captain Ethel Blanche Ridley

1. Captain (Army).
2. Captain (Army).

Royal Red Cross
Date of award: 1916-01-14
Comment: Bravery.  For removing patients from a French hospital under fire.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Date of award: 1919-01-01

Her full service record is now online as of September 2010.
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2 years prior service with American Army in the Phillipine Islands.

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The following biography is transcribed from The War Memorial Volume of Trinity College, Toronto. Edited by A. H. Young and W. A. Kirkwood. Printers Guild, Limited, Toronto, 1922. It is transcribed as it originally appeared and it may contain typos or other errors.

RIDLEY, ETHEL BLANCHE; 200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario. B.A. 1895; Spanish American War, 1898-99; C.A.M.C., September 16, 1914; Matron, No. 2. Canadian Stationary Hospital; Overseas September 29, 1914; Le Touquet, France, November 7, 1914 - Nov. 20, 1915; mentioned January 1, 1916; Royal Red Cross, January 14, 1916; Granville Canadian Spec. Hospital, Buxton, September, 1917; Prin. Matron, Canadians, H.Q., L. of C., France, January 30, 1918; Despatches and C.B.E., January 1919; returned from overseas August 4, 1919.

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The war diaries for Granville Canadian Special Hospital note that on January 10th, 1918, "Matron E. B. Ridley, R.R.C., left for London to report to D.M.S. Office, for duty. Original entry.

A review of the Granville Canadian Special Hospital war diaries will provide further information about her service there. 1915-1917 diaries.