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Sergeant RICHARD FRANK RICKETTS

Service Number: 638601
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

49 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 16. A. 10-15.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Maud Ricketts; husband of Winifred Maud Ricketts, of Leyton, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription GOD TAKES OUR LOVED ONES FROM OUR HOMES BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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