Allegiance United Kingdom Died January 16, 1993 Name Abdy Ricketts | Years of service 1925–1957 Service/branch British Army Rank Major-general | |
Commands held 4th (West Africa) Infantry Brigade
29th Infantry Brigade
Cyprus District Battles/wars World War II
Malayan Emergency
Korean War
Cyprus Emergency Awards Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order Battles and wars World War II, Malayan Emergency, Korean War, Cyprus Emergency | ||
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 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 1944. 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. 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.