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Military service
Service number:
A/20560
Age:
31
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
August 24, 1885
Sanday, Orkney, Scotland
Enlistment:
May 7, 1915
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
September 4, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVI. A. 9.
Additional information
Son of David and Mary Ritch, of 2, East Rd., Kirkwall, Orkney.
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Photo of David Ritch
David Ritch of Orkney, whose brother, 153474 Robert, also served on the Western Front and survived. Robert returned in 1919 to Fort Rouge, Winnipeg, reached by his wife Jessie and son Robert (who had remained in Orkney during the war)in 1920. -
Grave Marker
photo courtesy of Keith Boswell, England
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Sergeant David Ritch
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Sergeant David Ritch
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 154 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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