Topsham: Topsham Cemetery (Devon)
Granite cross; marking the grave of the Rev. Archibald Owen Carwithen Longridge
Information from the CWGC database:
LONGRIDGE, The Rev. ARCHIBALD OWEN C
Rank: Chaplain 4th Class
Date of Death: 12/10/1918
Age: 38
Regiment/Service: Army Chaplains' Department
Grave Reference: 1. 1684.
Cemetery: TOPSHAM CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Michael Longridge; husband of Constance Longridge, of 2, Clystlands, Topsham. M.A.
Link: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/350485/LONGRIDGE,%20T...
The Rev A. O. C. Longridge studied at Trinity College, Cambridge. The War List of the University of Cambridge states that he died on 12 October 1918, of pneumonia following influenza and gas-poisoning. His name also appears on the Trinity College war memorial and the war memorial cross at Topsham. His brother, the Rev Michael Longridge (another Trinity man), also served in the war as a Chaplain RN.
The CCCBR Rolls of Honour lists the Rev. Longridge as a member of the Cambridge University Guild of Change Ringers. He was Secretary of the Guild in 1904; umpired a handbell peal of Kent TB Major at Trinity College, Cambridge on 18 June 1904; and rang in a handbell peal of PB Major (also at Trinity) on 8 February 1905.
The CCCBR Rolls of Honour says that his home tower was Sowton (Devon).
Entry on CCCBR roll: www.cccbr.org.uk/rolls/casualties/details.php?warID=1&...
The "They Gave Their Today" website says that Chaplain 4th Class Longridge was attached to the 11th General Hospital, Boulogne: www.theygavetheirtoday.com/army-chaplains-ww1.html
A death report in the Western Times, 15 October 1918 (p. 6) states that the Rev. Longridge died at Topsham:
"Death of the Rev. A. O. C. Longridge, M.A., at Topsham
It is with regret we announce the death of Rev. A. O. C. Longridge, M.A., formerly Assistant Diocesan Missioner for Exeter, and at the same time curate of Clyst St. George, near Topsham. In May, 1915, he went to France as chaplain, and served there two and a half years. Being gassed, he was invalided home at the beginning of the year. He subsequently became chaplain to the R.A.F. at Grantham. He came home recently to visit his wife and family at Topsham, Mrs. Longridge being down with influenza. The rev. gentleman contracted influenza while on the visit, and pneumonia supervening, he succumbed, at the age of 38 years. He was born in Manchester, and was the son of Michael Longridge, President of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He graduated at Cambridge. He and his brother-in-law (Rev. E. Reid, now Rector of St. James', Exeter) were curates together at St. James' from 1909 to 1911. While the Rev. Longridge was serving at the Front his brother (Colonel J. A. Longridge, C.M.G., Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and Chief of Staff 1st Division) was killed. The greatest sympathy of a large circle of friends will go out to Mrs. Longridge and her two children, also to the deceased's sister (Mrs. Reid, wife of the esteemed Rector of St. James', Exeter) in their hour of trial."
In the 1911 Census, Archibald Longridge is recorded as a "Clerk in Holy Orders, established church," lodging (alone) at 60 Pennsylvania Road, Exeter. He was then aged 30, and had been born in the parish of St Gabriel, Manchester, Lancashire.
An entry on the Geni website provides a photograph and gives the following additional details:
Born: Barton-upon-Irwell, 1880.
Parents: Michael 'Pater' Longridge and Georgina Frederica Nepean Longridge
Educated: Malvern College, 1894-98; Trinity College, Cambridge, 1902, BA 1905. MA 1908; Ely Theological College 1905; Deacon, London 1906; Priest, Wakefield, 1907.
Posts: Curate, St. John's, Bethnal Green 1906-7; Curate, Elland, Yorkshire, 1907-8; Curate, St. Peter's, Coventry, 1908-9; Curate, St. James's, Exeter, 1909-11, Curate, Clyst St. George and Assistant Missioner, Diocese of Exeter 1911-14; Curate, Sowton, Exeter, 1914-1915; Royal Army Chaplains Department 1915-18.
Married: Violet Constance Longridge, b. 1885, Instow, Devon
Children: the Rev Peter Nevile Longridge, b. 1912, Exeter; the Rev Richard Nevile Longridge, b. 1915
Died: Boulogne General Hospital, of Influenza, 10th October 1918
Buried: Topsham
Link: www.geni.com/people/Rev-Archibald-Owen-Carwithen-Longridg...
The Rev Longridge's younger son, the Rev Richard N Longridge, was a priest in various Dorset parishes (Bourton and Silton, Okeford Fitzpaine, Spetisbury) and served as Master (1961-1970) and President (1970-1977) of the Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers.
Topsham: Topsham Cemetery (Devon)
Granite cross; marking the grave of the Rev. Archibald Owen Carwithen Longridge
Information from the CWGC database:
LONGRIDGE, The Rev. ARCHIBALD OWEN C
Rank: Chaplain 4th Class
Date of Death: 12/10/1918
Age: 38
Regiment/Service: Army Chaplains' Department
Grave Reference: 1. 1684.
Cemetery: TOPSHAM CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Michael Longridge; husband of Constance Longridge, of 2, Clystlands, Topsham. M.A.
Link: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/350485/LONGRIDGE,%20T...
The Rev A. O. C. Longridge studied at Trinity College, Cambridge. The War List of the University of Cambridge states that he died on 12 October 1918, of pneumonia following influenza and gas-poisoning. His name also appears on the Trinity College war memorial and the war memorial cross at Topsham. His brother, the Rev Michael Longridge (another Trinity man), also served in the war as a Chaplain RN.
The CCCBR Rolls of Honour lists the Rev. Longridge as a member of the Cambridge University Guild of Change Ringers. He was Secretary of the Guild in 1904; umpired a handbell peal of Kent TB Major at Trinity College, Cambridge on 18 June 1904; and rang in a handbell peal of PB Major (also at Trinity) on 8 February 1905.
The CCCBR Rolls of Honour says that his home tower was Sowton (Devon).
Entry on CCCBR roll: www.cccbr.org.uk/rolls/casualties/details.php?warID=1&...
The "They Gave Their Today" website says that Chaplain 4th Class Longridge was attached to the 11th General Hospital, Boulogne: www.theygavetheirtoday.com/army-chaplains-ww1.html
A death report in the Western Times, 15 October 1918 (p. 6) states that the Rev. Longridge died at Topsham:
"Death of the Rev. A. O. C. Longridge, M.A., at Topsham
It is with regret we announce the death of Rev. A. O. C. Longridge, M.A., formerly Assistant Diocesan Missioner for Exeter, and at the same time curate of Clyst St. George, near Topsham. In May, 1915, he went to France as chaplain, and served there two and a half years. Being gassed, he was invalided home at the beginning of the year. He subsequently became chaplain to the R.A.F. at Grantham. He came home recently to visit his wife and family at Topsham, Mrs. Longridge being down with influenza. The rev. gentleman contracted influenza while on the visit, and pneumonia supervening, he succumbed, at the age of 38 years. He was born in Manchester, and was the son of Michael Longridge, President of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. He graduated at Cambridge. He and his brother-in-law (Rev. E. Reid, now Rector of St. James', Exeter) were curates together at St. James' from 1909 to 1911. While the Rev. Longridge was serving at the Front his brother (Colonel J. A. Longridge, C.M.G., Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and Chief of Staff 1st Division) was killed. The greatest sympathy of a large circle of friends will go out to Mrs. Longridge and her two children, also to the deceased's sister (Mrs. Reid, wife of the esteemed Rector of St. James', Exeter) in their hour of trial."
In the 1911 Census, Archibald Longridge is recorded as a "Clerk in Holy Orders, established church," lodging (alone) at 60 Pennsylvania Road, Exeter. He was then aged 30, and had been born in the parish of St Gabriel, Manchester, Lancashire.
An entry on the Geni website provides a photograph and gives the following additional details:
Born: Barton-upon-Irwell, 1880.
Parents: Michael 'Pater' Longridge and Georgina Frederica Nepean Longridge
Educated: Malvern College, 1894-98; Trinity College, Cambridge, 1902, BA 1905. MA 1908; Ely Theological College 1905; Deacon, London 1906; Priest, Wakefield, 1907.
Posts: Curate, St. John's, Bethnal Green 1906-7; Curate, Elland, Yorkshire, 1907-8; Curate, St. Peter's, Coventry, 1908-9; Curate, St. James's, Exeter, 1909-11, Curate, Clyst St. George and Assistant Missioner, Diocese of Exeter 1911-14; Curate, Sowton, Exeter, 1914-1915; Royal Army Chaplains Department 1915-18.
Married: Violet Constance Longridge, b. 1885, Instow, Devon
Children: the Rev Peter Nevile Longridge, b. 1912, Exeter; the Rev Richard Nevile Longridge, b. 1915
Died: Boulogne General Hospital, of Influenza, 10th October 1918
Buried: Topsham
Link: www.geni.com/people/Rev-Archibald-Owen-Carwithen-Longridg...
The Rev Longridge's younger son, the Rev Richard N Longridge, was a priest in various Dorset parishes (Bourton and Silton, Okeford Fitzpaine, Spetisbury) and served as Master (1961-1970) and President (1970-1977) of the Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers.