| 词条 | Abdy Ricketts |
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|name =Abdy Ricketts |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_name = |nickname = |birth_date =8 December 1905 |birth_place = |death_date =16 January 1993 |death_place = |placeofburial = |allegiance ={{flag|United Kingdom|23px}} |branch ={{army|United Kingdom|23px}} |serviceyears =1925–1957 |rank =Major General |servicenumber = |unit = |commands =4th (West Africa) Infantry Brigade 29th Infantry Brigade Cyprus District |battles =World War II Malayan Emergency Korean War Cyprus Emergency |awards =Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order |relations = |laterwork = }} Major General Abdy Henry Gough Ricketts CBE, DSO (8 December 1905 – 16 January 1993) was a British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding, Cyprus District during the Cyprus Emergency. Military careerRicketts was commissioned in to the Durham Light Infantry in 1925.[1] 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 1944.[1] 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 29th Infantry Brigade in October 1951 during the Korean War.[1] 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 before retiring in 1957.[2] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_R02.html|title=Abdy Henry Gough Ricketts|publisher=Unit Histories|accessdate=21 June 2015}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ricketts, Abdy}}2. ^{{London Gazette| issue=40935| date=23 November 1956|page=6716| supp=y}} 8 : 1905 births|1993 deaths|British Army generals|British Army personnel of World War II|British Army personnel of the Malayan Emergency|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|Durham Light Infantry officers |
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