Service Details
Name:
 RODNEY-RICKETTS
Given Name:
 STEWART ARTHUR
Initials:
 S A
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Royal Field Artillery
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Unit:
 82nd Bde.
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Unit 2:
 "D" Bty.
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Date of Death:
 1917-10-31
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 M C
Citations:
 LG Sup 10 January 1917 - "For conspicuous gallantry in action. He pushed forward under a heavy fire and established telephone communication. He has on many previous occasions done fine work."
Additional
Information:
Son of Arthur Rodney-Ricketts and Ellie Ricketts, of Denver, nr. Johannesburg, South Africa. Born Grahamstown. Rhodes Scholar Exeter College 1911. On St. George's College War Memorial, Harare, Zimbabwe
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 IX. E. 24.

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