Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Second Lieutenant J. A. Ridout, Hampshire Regiment, late Squadron Sergeant Major 1/1st Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers)

British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. A. Ridout.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (509 S. S. Mjr. J. A. Ridout. Hamps. Yeo.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (204635 W.O. Cl. II. J. A. Ridput. 6 - Hamps. R.) mounted for wear, generally very fine (4) £300-£400

Joseph Arthur Ridout was born in Bournemouth in August 1888. He attested for the Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers) at Bournemouth in February 1909, and advanced to Sergeant in October 1914. Ridout served during the Great War with C Squadron, 1/1st Battalion in the French theatre of war from 25 May 1916. He advanced to Squadron Sergeant Major before transferring to 15th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment in September 1917 (this being an amalgamation of the 15th (Service) Battalion and 1/1st Hampshire Yeomanry). Ridout posted to the Officer Cadet Battalion at Oxford in December of the same year, and subsequently commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant in the Hampshire Regiment (awarded Territorial Efficiency Medal in August 1920).