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Sydney New South Wales [5]

Westbury Tasmania [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

London England [3]

Armidale New South Wales [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Kingston, Dorset [2]

Penola South Australia [2]

Poole, Dorset [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

St Pancras, London, Middlesex [2]

Surrey Hills New South Wales [2]

Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Acton Turville, Gloucestershire [1]

Albion Queensland [1]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1]

Aldershot [1]

Balham, South London [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bexley New South Wales [1]

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Brunswick New South Wales [1]

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Camberwell England [1]

Carshalton, Surrey [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Cricklade England [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Darwin Tasmania [1]

Duddeston near Birmingham [1]

Fleet, Hants. [1]

Garatchpur [1]

Gloucester [1]

Grahamstown [1]

Rank

Private [367]

Driver [50]

Corporal [39]

Gunner [33]

Serjeant [30]

Sapper [23]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Captain [12]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Major [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Bombardier [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Rifleman [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Pioneer [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Colonel [2]

Lieutenant and Quartermaster [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Trained Nurse [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain Battalion Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal (Tempy) France [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [65]

Army Service Corps [53]

Royal Engineers [45]

Labour Corps [39]

British West Indies Regiment [25]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Dorsetshire Regiment [18]

Hampshire Regiment [18]

London Regiment [18]

Wiltshire Regiment [18]

Gloucestershire Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Coldstream Guards [7]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Lancers [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Service

British Army [619]

Royal Navy [57]

Australian Imperial Force [55]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [39]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

R [851]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [840]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

India [2]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [5] Westbury Tasmania [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] London England [3] Armidale New South Wales [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Kingston, Dorset [2] Penola South Australia [2] Poole, Dorset [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] St Pancras, London, Middlesex [2] Surrey Hills New South Wales [2] Weymouth, Dorset [2] Acton Turville, Gloucestershire [1] Albion Queensland [1] Aldeburgh, Suffolk [1] Aldershot [1] Balham, South London [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bexley New South Wales [1] Brighton England [1] Bristol [1] Bristol England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Brompton South Australia [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bungendore New South Wales [1] Camberwell England [1] Carshalton, Surrey [1] Chelsea, London [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Cricklade England [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Darwin Tasmania [1] Duddeston near Birmingham [1] Fleet, Hants. [1] Garatchpur [1] Gloucester [1] Grahamstown [1]

Rank

Private [367] Driver [50] Corporal [39] Gunner [33] Serjeant [30] Sapper [23] Second Lieutenant [17] Captain [12] Acting Serjeant [10] Major [9] Acting Corporal [8] Lance Corporal [8] Lieutenant [8] Bombardier [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Rifleman [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Pioneer [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Able Seaman [2] Colonel [2] Lieutenant and Quartermaster [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Sister [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Trained Nurse [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigade Major [1] Bugler [1] Captain Battalion Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Corporal (Tempy) France [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engineer Captain [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [65] Army Service Corps [53] Royal Engineers [45] Labour Corps [39] British West Indies Regiment [25] Machine Gun Corps [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Dorsetshire Regiment [18] Hampshire Regiment [18] London Regiment [18] Wiltshire Regiment [18] Gloucestershire Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [15] Worcestershire Regiment [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Somerset Light Infantry [11] Royal Fusiliers [10] Devonshire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Coldstream Guards [7] East Surrey Regiment [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Canadian Infantry [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Lancers [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Service

British Army [619] Royal Navy [57] Australian Imperial Force [55] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53] Canadian Expeditionary Force [39] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

R [851] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [840] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [18] India [2]

William Ernest Ricketts

Born 1895

Died 1964

Australian Imperial Force 3074

Australian Imperial Force 3074 Corporal 47th Batallion

Australian Imperial Force 3074 Corporal (Tempy) France 47th

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Charles Arthur Ricketts

Born 1898

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2023

Australian Imperial Force 2023 1st Pioneer Batallion

Australian Imperial Force 2023 Private 7th Batallion

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Lionel James Ricketts

Born 1884

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 200169

Canadian Expeditionary Force 200169 Private Canadian Infantry 29th Battalion

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Victor E Ricketts

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 47603 Private Welsh Regiment 13th Battalion

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George Walter Ricketts

Born 1894

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6090

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Edwin Leslie Ricketts

Born 1891

Died 1951

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Unattached list

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 96th Berar Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Berar Infantry

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Hubert Martin Ricketts

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 717 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 717 Private Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Thomas Ricketts

Born 1901

Died 1967

British Army 3102 Serjeant Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Norman Lucencius Ricketts

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 8260 Private British West Indies Regiment 6th Battalion

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William Ricketts

Born 1895

Other Empire Force 1661 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 3197 Private British West Indies Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Albert Charles Ricketts

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 6536 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 373453 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3645 Rifleman East Surrey Regiment 6th Battalion

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Henry Leonard Ricketts

Born 1894

Died 1918

Royal Navy K27466

Royal Navy Stoker 1st Class

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Edward Ricketts

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5746 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 1091 Royal Field Artillery 6th London Brigade

British Army 372841 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Percy Thomas Ricketts

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7013 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7013 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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James Stuart Ricketts

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 83624 Conductor Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Norman Preston Ricketts

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 60476 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment 7 (Reserve) Battalion

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Harold Edwin Ricketts

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant 9th Infantry Brigade Machine Gun Company

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Charles Edward Ricketts

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164614

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Edward Alexander Ricketts

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35871

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Arthur Ricketts

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288330

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