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VC721 Walter Potter Ritchie
BORN 27 March 1892
DIED 17 March 1965 AGE 72
VC Won 1 July 1916 AGE 24
Place VC Won Y Ravine, Somme, France
War/Campaign First World War 1916
Name Walter Potter Ritchie No. 68
VC Issue No. 721 Awards VC
Regiment Seaforth Highlanders, 2nd Battalion
Later Highlanders
Now 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland
Rank VC Won Drummer
Rank End Of Career Drum Major
Place Of Birth 81 Hopefield Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Place Of Death At his home, West Saville Terrace, Mayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland
Buried/Location Ashes Warriston Crematorium, 36 Warriston Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Cremated Warriston Crematorium, 36 Warriston Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Date Buried/Cremated 20 March 1965
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Garden of Remembrance
Gazetted 9 September 1916
VC Presented 25 November 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
By The Way…
He lied about his age and joined the Army at 16 in 1908
VC Held By
Not Known
