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Captain MAURICE HERBERT RICKETTS

Service Number: 163733
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

"B" Sqn. 44th

Date of Death

Died 24 November 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

21. D. 9.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert Edward Ricketts and of Carrie Matilda Ricketts (nee Case); husband of Eileen Marjorie Ricketts (nee Rowlands), of Rowberrow, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription ONE WHO NEVER TURNED HIS BACK BUT MARCHED BREAST FORWARD
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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