On 1 May 1917, a choir stall at St. Albans Cathedral was dedicated to the memory of Lieutenant Neville Hamilton Ricketts, who had died in Europe in the First World War. The dedication was conducted by His Grace George Thorneloe, Archbishop of Algoma, who was assisted by the Bishop of Toronto.
Ricketts was born on 2 January 1891, son of Charles Wellesley Ricketts and Jean Chalmers Ricketts in Hamilton, Ontario. Neville worked as a bank clerk before enlisting in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 22 September 1914 and became a lieutenant in 5th Battalion after arriving in Europe. On 31 December 1915 he died from machine gun fire to the abdomen.
