2861 Private Godfrey Ricketts
1/6^th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 14th April 1915 aged 19
Godfrey Ricketts lived with his parents at 154 Wednesfield Road in Heath Town and worked as a clerk for Mr F.J.J. Gibbons at Church Lane in Wolverhampton. Private Ricketts enlisted in the “Non-Manual” section of the 6^th South Staffords in September 1914, and was later posted to “A” company of the 1/6^th Battalion.

He is buried in St Quentin Cabaret, Plot I Row F Grave 8

Information supplied by Andrew Thornton

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