We remember Richard Pettitt

We remember Richard Pettitt

Timeline

Timeline

1884
birth Wood Ditton, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom Source:8492426 26th April 1884
1909
marriage Claretta Alice Ranson Source:8492444 3rd October 1909
1909
children Dorothy Pettitt Source:8492444 21st October 1909
1914
enlistment Cambridge United Kingdom Source:8492426 14th September 1914
1914
service British Army Private 14418 Suffolk Regiment 11th Source:8492426 14th September 1914 - 21st December 1914
1914
service British Army Lance Corporal 14418 Suffolk Regiment 11th Source:8492426 21st December 1914 - 20th July 1915
1915
children George Robert Pettitt Source:8492444 1st June 1915
1915
service British Army Corporal 14418 Suffolk Regiment 11th Source:8492426 20th July 1915 - 22nd December 1915
1915
service British Army Lance Sergeant 14418 Suffolk Regiment 11th Source:8492426 22nd December 1915 - 12th July 1916
1916
service British Army Acting Sergeant 14418 Suffolk Regiment 11th Source:8492426 12th July 1916 - 16th November 1917
1916
service British Army Lance Serjeant 14418 Suffolk Regiment 11th Source:8492426 12th July 1916 - 15th November 1916
1916
awards Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration Source:8492426 26th August 1916
1916
service British Army Sergeant 14418 Suffolk Regiment 11th Source:8492426 16th November 1916 - 11th September 1918
1917
hospitalisation Gunshot wound right arm. Hospital/Institution Source:8492426 28th April 1917 - 13th August 1917
1917
hospitalisation Gunshot wound right foot. At least one toe amputated as wound turned septic. Hospital/Institution Source:8492426 20th October 1917
1919
children Grace Louraine Pettitt Source:8492444 8th January 1919
1959
death Not War Related Cambridge United Kingdom Source:8492451 1959

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Richard
Initials R
Last Name Pettitt
Source 8492426
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 14418 Suffolk Regiment 11th Private
British Army 14418 Suffolk Regiment 11th Lance Corporal
British Army 14418 Suffolk Regiment 11th Corporal
British Army 14418 Suffolk Regiment 11th Lance Sergeant
British Army 14418 Suffolk Regiment 11th Acting Sergeant
British Army 14418 Suffolk Regiment 11th Sergeant
British Army 14418 Suffolk Regiment 11th Lance Serjeant
Awards
AwardTypeSource
Military Medal (MM) British Award/Decoration
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Dorothy Pettitt daughter 21st October 1909
George Robert Pettitt son 1st June 1915
Grace Louraine Pettitt daughter 8th January 1919
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Claretta Alice Ranson wife 3rd October 1909
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
DateHeightSource
1914-09-14 5'8"

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British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Joanna19174
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Joanna19174
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Joanna19174
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External Evidence

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British Army WWI Pension Records, 1914-1920 Wendy54828

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