John William Partridge (1889 – 1944) was born in Ruspidge, the son of a miner from a family of thirteen children. He started work in the mines as a labourer working above ground at Eastern United. He married Mildred Scrivens in 1915 and had two children. He worked his way up to become a colliery fitter. He was a member of the FDMA Executive from 1924 to about 1931.
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