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240431 Lieutenant Ernest Ritchie

Picture of Soldier of 11th Parachute Battalion

Born: 09 Apr 1922
Died: 21 Dec 1976
Age at death: 54 years, 8 months, and 12 days

Company: A
Platoon: 3
Section: HQ
Parachute Course: 99

Prisoner of War — No. 2117

Captured on 22 Sep 1944

  • Oflag 9A/H — Spangenberg, Hessen-Nassau

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