Edwin Ricketts papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection MES 087
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1911-1939
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; photographs and printed material.

Scope and Content

Commission certificate (14 January 1911); Photograph album (nd); 2 casualty forms (31 March 1915-7 June 1919); Physical training certificate (28 February 1914); Service record (18 January 1911-2 June 1939).

Administrative / Biographical History

Edwin Leslie Ricketts, born in 1891, was a Captain, later Major, 96th Berar Infantry and 19th Battalion, Hyderabad Regiment, serving in Mesopotamia, 1916-1920, and Waziristan, 1921-1924. He later became a Lieutenant Colonel.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted.

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by his son.

Note

In English.

Other Finding Aids

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed.

Personal Names