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Captain FRANCIS RITSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

"A" Coy. 5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TORREKEN FARM CEMETERY NO.1

A. 4.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank William and Eveline Ritson, of Sunderland; husband of Margaret Ann Ritson, of Curlditch, Gittisham, Honiton, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription HE WENT OUT A GALLANT GENTLEMAN
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Buried or commemorated at

TORREKEN FARM CEMETERY NO.1
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 104
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