Abdy Ricketts

Abdy Henry Gough Ricketts, was a British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding, British [Forces Cyprus|Cyprus District] during the Cyprus Emergency.

Military career

Ricketts was commissioned in to the Durham Light Infantry in 1925. He served in the Second World War as second-in-command of the 3rd Infantry Brigade from March 1944 and then as commander of the 4th Infantry Brigade from October that year. After the war he served as a staff officer with responsibility for operations and staff duties in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency and then became commander of the 29th [Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|29th Infantry Brigade] in October 1951 during the Korean War. He went on to be Assistant Commandant of the School of Land/Air Warfare in February 1953 and General Officer Commanding, Cyprus District in March 1955 during the Cyprus Emergency before retiring in 1957.