W.O. Class II Albert Thomas RITCHIE
1891 - 1945 (54 years)-
Name Albert Thomas RITCHIE Prefix W.O. Class II Birth 21 Sep 1891 Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada [1] Gender Male Death 25 Dec 1945 Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada Burial Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Person ID I37718 Whitewater Region Early Families Last Modified 18 Apr 2021
Father James RITCHIE, b. 31 Dec 1861, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. Bef 1911 (Age 49 years) Mother Elizabeth Matilda ROSS, b. 25 Aug 1862, , , Ontario, Canada d. 1940 (Age 77 years) Marriage 2 May 1883 Bride's Father's Residence, Ross Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario [2] Family ID F7451 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Evelyn Louise WOODS-TURNER, b. 1894 d. 24 Jun 1967, Barrie, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years) Marriage 23 Dec 1918 Haywards Heath, Sussex, England Family ID F22845 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Nov 2019
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Documents Listing of WWII casualties buried in Cobden Union Cemetery
Peter Singlehurst; The War Dead of the Commonwealth Cemeteries in Ontario - 1
UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
www.ancestry.caRitchie, W.O. ClassII Albert Thomas obituary
The Ottawa Citizen, Dec 26, 1945 p. 16
Headstones Gravestone-Ritchie, Albert Thomas (military)
Block 3 - Methodist
Cobden Union Cemetery
photographed by Fay Bennett, Sept 2016
Histories Ritchie, W.O. Albert Thomas service info
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Notes - Cobden of the Past by Faysgenealogy
November 11, 2019 ·
...Cobden of the Past WWII casualties
W.O. Class II Albert Thomas Ritchie, son of James Ritchie and Elizabeth Matilda Ross, was born on 21 Sep 1892 in Cobden, died on 25 Dec 1945 in Ottawa, of a coronary thrombosis aged 53, and was buried in Cobden Union Cemetery.
Albert married Evelyn Louise Woods-Turner on 23 Dec 1918 in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England. Evelyn was born in 1894, died on 24 Jun 1967 in Barrie, aged 73, and was buried in Cobden Union Cemetery.
W.O. Ritchie was a veteran of WWI serving as a commissioned Lt. with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, Canadian Expeditionary Force. He enlisted in WWII and served in the Corps of Military Staff Clerks, Canadian Army, Service Number C96125, reaching the rank of Warrant Officer Class II.
W.O. Ritchie was the brother to 6 siblings: Percy, Herbert, William, Hugh, Robert, and Wilfred. He was the father of 3 girls: Joan, Kathleen & Jean.
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