Major General Abdy Henry Gough Ricketts, (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 that year. 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 the 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.

Abdy Ricketts

References

External links

British Army Officers 1939–1945

Generals of World War II

1905 births

1993 deaths

British Army brigadiers of World War II

British Army major generals

British Army personnel of the Korean War

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

Officers of the Legion of Merit

Abdy Ricketts