Private George Chase Ricketts, Service Number 700600
43rd Battalion Manitoba Regiment (Canadian Infantry)
Died 1st October 1918, aged 25
Mill Switch British Cemetery, Tilloy-les-Cambrai, France: Row C, Grave 5 (Reg. France 599).
Son of Tom and Isabella Ricketts, High Street, Sawston. Younger brother of Leonard James Ricketts. He emigrated to Canada and returned with the Canadian Army.
An inscription on the base of George’s stone says:
ALSO IN MEMORY
OF PTE L J RICKETTS AGE 20
MISSING AT HILL 60 22.4.15
THY WILL BE DONE