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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Ricketts Abdy Henry Gough
|Army number=33748
|Rank=Captain
|Decorations=Awarded N W Frontier Medal and Clasp.  p.s.c.  O.B.E. Gazetted 1/1/1944.  M.i.D. for services in Burma, gazetted 26/4/1945.  D.S.O. for services in Burma 17/1/1946.  C.B.E. for services in Malaya, gazetted 4/4/1952.  USA Legion of Merit, Degree of Officer 30/10/1953.
|Date of birth=8/12/1905 in India.  Baptised 10/1/1906 in Delhi.
|Age=0
|Unit=Regular Commission as 2/Lt in the Durham Light Infantry 3/9/1925.  Served Shanghai Defence Force 1927.  Served N W Frontier of India 1930 - 1931.  Served Adjutant in Territorial Army 6/11/1934 to 5/11/1938 (Battalion not yet known).  Posted 12th Bn DLI 1939.  Posted 70th Brigade HQ 25/10/1939.  GSO2 3/9/1940 - 25/5/1941.  GSO2 (Instructor) 26/5/1941 - 26/7/1941.  Brigade Major (Bde not known) 27/7/1941 - 14/10/1941.  GSO2 15/10/1941 - 12/4/1942.  GSO1 13/4/1942 - 18/12/1943.  3rd (West African) Infantry Brigade - Second Chindit Expedition 9/3/1944 - 19/10/1944.  4th (West African) Infantry Brigade - Chindit Expedition 20/10/1944 - 14/8/1945.  Brigade Commander 15/8/1945 - 31/7/1946 and 1/1/1947 - 6/11/1949.  FARELF (Malaya) 15/12/1949 - 9/9/1951.  29th Infantry Brigade - Korea -9/10/1951 - 17/2/1952.  School of Land Warfare 23/2/1953 - 21/1/1955.  G.o.C. Cyprus District 18/3/1955 - 20/9/1955.  Director of Security, Cyprus 21/9/1955 to 11/10/1955.  Commander (Major General) Cyprus District 25/10/1955 - 19/10/1956.  RARO  30/6/1957 - 8/12/1963.  Ceases to belong to RARO on age grounds 8/12/1963.  Colonel of the DLI 1965-1968.  Deputy Colonel of The Light Infantry 1968-1970.  Deputy Lieutenant Somerset 1968-1990.
|Company/Battery=Brigade Headquarters.
|Task or role=Developing Training Programmes for the 70th Infantry Brigade.  Staff Captain 13/1/1940 - 25/6/1940.  Brigade Major 30/6/1940 - 2/9/1940 vice Captain Fillingham.  3rd (WA) Bde - Second-in-Command.  4th (WA) Bde - Commander. FARELF - Colonel - General Staff.  Korea - Brigade Commander.   Land Warfare School - Assistant Commandant.  Cyprus - General Officer Commanding.  
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Promotions=Lt 3/9/1927.  Captain 5/6/1937.  A/Major 27/7/1940.  T/Major 27/10/1940.  Local Lt Col 26/5/1941.  W/S Major 13/7/1942.  Major 3/9/1942.  A/Lt.Colonel 13/4/1942.  T/Lt Col 9/9/1944.  A/Colonel 9/3/1944.  T/Brigadier 20/4/1945.  Lt Colonel 14/12/1948.  Colonel 25/3/1949.  Brigadier 8/12/1953 (Supernumerary 25/3/1955).  T/Major-General 21/9/1955.  Re-granted rank of T/Major General 25/10/1955.  Honorary Major-General 30/6/1957.
|Died/Killed in action=Died 16/1/1993 at Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
|Home address=Son of Lt Colonel Percy Edward Ricketts DSO MVO (1868-1940) and Lilian Caroline Morant (1873 - 1959).  Educated Winchester and Royal Military College, Sandhurst.  Married Joan Warre Close 1932, Farnham, Surrey.  One son, one daughter.
|Source table=70BG
}}

To see his entry on The Peerage Website please click [http://www.thepeerage.com/p65212.htm#i652117 here].

Again I am indebted to Mr Houterman's Website on British Officers for some additional career material on Captain Ricketts.