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Ricketts (surname)
Ricketts is a surname, and may refer to: A * Abdy Ricketts (1905–1993), British Army officer * Alfred Ricketts (born 1870), English golfer * Anthony Ricketts (born 1979), Australian squash player * Arthur Ricketts, (1913–2000), English cricketer B * Bertha Louise Ricketts, original name of Cid Ricketts Sumner (1890–1970), American novelist * Bob Ricketts (1885–1936), American musician and composer * Bobby Ricketts, American saxophonist C * Cara Ricketts, Canadian actress * Catherine Ricketts (1841–1907), English missionary * C'eira Ricketts (born 1990), American basketball player * Charles Ricketts (1876–1931), British artist and illustrator * Charles Spencer Ricketts (c.1788–1867), commander with memorial tomb of Charles Spencer Ricketts * Charlie Ricketts (1885–1960), Australian rules footballer and coach * Christopher Ricketts (1955–2010), Filipino martial artist and actor * Chloe Ricketts (born 2007), American soccer player * Claude V. Ricketts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdy Ricketts
Major General Abdy Henry Gough Ricketts, (8 December 1905 – 16 January 1993) was a British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding, Cyprus District during the Cyprus Emergency. Military career Ricketts was commissioned in to the Durham Light Infantry in 1925. He served in the Second World War as second-in-command of the 3rd (West African) Infantry Brigade from March 1944 and then as commander of the 4th (West Africa) Infantry Brigade from October that year. After the war he served as a staff officer with responsibility for operations and staff duties in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency and then became commander of the 29th Infantry Brigade in October 1951 during the Korean War. He went on to be Assistant Commandant of the School of Land/Air Warfare in February 1953 and General Officer Commanding, Cyprus District in March 1955 during the Cyprus Emergency The Cyprus Emergency was a conflict fought in British Cyprus between April 1955 and March 1959. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |