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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

George Chase Ricketts

In memory of:

Private George Chase Ricketts

October 1, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

700600

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

43rd Bn.

Additional Information


Son of Tom and Isabella Ricketts, of High St., Sawston, Cambs, England. His brother Leonard James also fell.

Commemorated on Page 491 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

C. 5.

Location:

Tilloy (or Tilloy-les-Cambrai) is a village in the Department of the Nord, 2.5 kilometres north of Cambrai and 1 kilometre east of the Cambrai-Douai road. MILL SWITCH BRITISH CEMETERY is south-west of the village, near the west side of the Douai road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of GEORGE CHASE RICKETTS– Private George Chase Ricketts, 700600, D Company, 16th Platoon, 101st Battalion
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Gravemarker
  • Mill Switch Cross
  • Picture of the Cemetery

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