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Frederick Charles Wood Rideout
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Colonel Frederick Charles Wood Rideout
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 04/12/1859 Madras, India
Date and Place of Death: 19/07/1943 Tangiers, Morocco
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood:
Parents: General John Wood and Amy Rideout
Parent’s occupations: British Army General (father)
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance:
Clifton College, Bristol
Occupation: Officer in the Indian Army
Place of residence at Gretna: “A Bungalow”
Job title at Gretna: Chief/Commandant of Gretna Police Force
Marital status: Married Harriett Maria (nee Norie) Rideout 23/11/1886 and Lucy Alice (formerly Oldham) Rideout Spring 1939.…