Tommy ricketts biography

Newfoundland soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross

For other people named Thomas Ricketts, see Thomas Ricketts (disambiguation).

Thomas "Tommy" RickettsVC (April 15, 1901 – February 10, 1967) was a Newfoundland soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Ricketts is the youngest army recipient fighting in a combatant role.

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Thomas "Tommy" Ricketts VC was a Newfoundland soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Tommy Ricketts was the son of John, a fisherman, and Amelia.

Thomas Ricketts was the son of John and Amelia (Cassell) Ricketts.

Victoria Cross

Ricketts, who was 17 years old and a private in the 1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the First World War, was cited in the London Gazette for his actions on October 14, 1918.

"During the advance from Ledeghem (Belgium) the attack was temporarily held up by heavy hostile fire, and the platoon to which he belonged suffered severe casualties from the fire of a battery at point blank range.

Private Ricketts at once volunteered to go forward with his Section Co