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Private WALTER GEORGE RICKETTS

Service Number: 19558
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 May 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL ANGLO-FRENCH CEMETERY

II. D. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William James Ricketts, of Winterborne, Stickland, Dorset.
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Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL ANGLO-FRENCH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 600
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