BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JAMES RITCHIE (1858-1914) & ELIZA RITCHIE (1861-1933), OF 477 HESSLE ROAD, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A FURNITURE BROKER. HE WAS EMPLOYEDA S AN INSURANCE CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HIS ONLY BROTHER, STANLEY RITCHIE, SERVED IN THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS AT THE SAME ADDRESS. ARTHUR SERVED AS A DRIVER AND SIGNALER, FOR THE 27TH BRIGADE HEAD QUARTERS. HE DIED OF FEVER, IN SALONIKA, ON 21/02/1919, AGED 24.
HE IS BURIED IN GREECE, AT MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “DUTY DONE SADLY MISSED LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL”.
First name:
ARTHUR
Military Number:
251755
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
21/02/1919
Place died:
Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece
Age:
24
