In Memory Of
RODNEY-RICKETTS, STEWART ARTHUR
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
82nd Bde.
Unit 2:
"D" Bty.
Regiment:
Royal Field Artillery
Date of Death:
1917-10-31
Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IX. E. 24.
Cemetery:
VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
Belgium
Additional Information
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."
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
