About Abdy Ricketts
Lived 1905 – 1993 (aged 87). Abdy Ricketts was a British military personnel.
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.
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Who was Abdy Ricketts?
British Army general (1905-1993)
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Abdy Ricketts was born on 8 December 1905.
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Abdy Ricketts died on 16 January 1993.
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Abdy Ricketts was a military personnel.
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