Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Grave: | Etaples Military Cemetery | XVII. A. 1. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.133 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 34D GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | British War Medal Victory Medal | ||
Family :
Son of Pietro and Marianna Ricono, of Alice Superiore, Prov. of Turin, Italy.Education & Career :
District surgeon at Mount Fletcher, South Africa.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, South Africa.
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 5/South African Labour Corps |
| Action : France & Flanders |
France & Flanders covers all the dates and corresponding locations which are outside the official battle nomenclature dates on the Western Front. Therefore the actions in which these men died could be considered 'normal' trench duty - the daily attrition losses which were an everyday fact of duty on the Western Front.
Army & Navy Gazette 28th April 1917 - "SOUTH AFRICAN IMPERIAL FORCE - INFANTRY ... DIED. Capt M. Ricono ..."
Facebook & Find-a-Grave 5th March 1917 Captain Martin Ricono (Royal Army Medical Corps attached South African Native Labor Corps) dies of cerebro-spinal meningitis at age 46. He served in the South African War and was for sixteen years a well known district surgeon at Mount Fletcher, South Africa.
Probate RICONO, Martin of Mount Fletcher, East Griqualand, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa died 5 March 1917 in France on active service. Administration (will Will limited) London 29 September to Keith Sydney Thompson, solicitor the attorney of Louis Petitti. Effects £1669 0s. 7d.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Matatiele No. 2130 E.C. | Natal |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
18th August 1910 | 15th September 1910 | 17th November 1910 |
Recorded as a 40 year old Doctor from Mount Fletcher in the contribution records of the Lodge. Annotation is that he was "Killed in Action 17 Mar 1917."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley
Last Updated: 2019-09-01 08:31:49