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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Ricketts Abdy Henry Gough
|Army number=33748
|Rank=Captain
|Decorations=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=Not yet known.
|Age=0
|Unit=Regular Commission as 2/Lt in the Durham Light Infantry 3/9/1925.  Posted 12th Bn DLI.  Posted 70th Brigade HQ 25/10/1939.  Director of Security, Cyprus 21/9/1955 to 11/10/1955.  Commander (Major General) Cyprus District 25/10/1955 - 19/10/1956.  RARO.  Ceases to belong to RARO on age grounds 8/12/1963.
|Company/Battery=Brigade Headquarters.
|Task or role=Developing Training Programmes for the Brigade.  Brigade Major 30/6/1940 vice Captain Fillingham.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Promotions=Major 3/9/1942.  W/S Lt.Colonel.  A/Colonel 9/3/1944.  T/Brigadier.  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.
Died/Killed in action=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.
|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 Werbsite on British Officers for some additional career material on Captain Ricketts.