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Ritson, Ernest Vivian "Teddy"

Date of birth:
(Stockport/Greater Manchester, England)
Date of death:
September 20th, 1944 (Arnhem/Gelderland, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Cemetery Arnhem Oosterbeek
Plot: 6. Row: D. Grave: 18.
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Awarded on:
June 24th, 1943
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Headquarters, 156th Parachute Battalion, 4th Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Division, British Army
Awarded on:
September 20th, 1945
Awarded for:
Operation Market Garden
For gallantry in action in September 1944 in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

Posthumously awarded.
Mentioned in Dispatches

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