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| 13/08/2021 |
‘Harry H Ritchie 1897-1917. Born in Ireland, died on Spartanburg. Member of Company 8, 23rd Engineers’ |
| 13/08/2021 |
Private Henry Hanna Ritchie is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. His inscription reads: |
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| 13/08/2021 |
Many thanks to Dennis Burke of Dublin, whose excellent research uncovered the grave details. Denis’s website is ‘Foreign Aircraft in Ireland 1939-1945’. The website is www.ww2irishaviation.com The link is below. |
| 24/04/2020 |
Private Henry Hanna Ritchie is commemorated on a plaque in 1st Presbyterian Church, Magherafelt. |
| 24/04/2020 |
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| 24/04/2020 |
1st November 1917 - At Spartanburg, South Carolina, Private Henry H Ritchie, 23rd Engineers, aged 30 years. |
| 24/04/2020 |
Henry Hanna Ritchie was the youngest son of Samuel and Margaret Ritchie. Samuel Ritchie and Margaret Hanna were married on 23rd November 1880in the district of Magherafelt. |
| 24/04/2020 |
Henry Hanna Ritchie was born on 31st May 1898 in Ballymoghan, near Magherafelt. He was the youngest of at least seven children, all born in the Magherafelt area. |
| 24/04/2020 |
Known family: Samuel Ritchie, Margaret J Ritchie, Robert B Ritchie (born 8th September 1881), Alexander Ritchie (born 26th July 1883), Samuel J Ritchie (born 12th June 1887), William J Ritchie (born 17th February 1889), Minnie Sarah Ritchie - (born 4th February 1891), Sarah Ritchie - (born 10th November 1893, died 22nd February 1894), Henry ‘Harry’ Hanna Ritchie (born 31st May 1898). |
| 24/04/2020 |
The 1901 census lists Harry (as he was known) as age 2, living with the family at house 11 in Ballymoghan More, County Londonderry. Samuel Ritchie was a farmer. |
| 24/04/2020 |
The 1911 census lists Henry as age 12 with his father at house 4 in Main Street, Portstewart. |
| 24/04/2020 |
Henry Hanna Ritchie emmigated to the United States. He arrived at Ellis Island, New York on 15th Aug 1915 from Liverpool . He was 17 years old. He listed his two next of kin as his father, Samuel Ritchie, and his brother, William C J Ritchie. |
| 24/04/2020 |
Henry became a naturalised American citizen on 21st May 1917 at Kings in New York. He was working as a clerk and living at 179 Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn. |
| 24/04/2020 |
Henry H Ritchie signed up for Military Service at St Louis, Missouri. |
| 24/04/2020 |
From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 5th December 1942: 25 Years ago - Deaths |
| 24/04/2020 |
A military record gives his ‘Residence Place’ as Arlington, New Jersey. This may be where he is buried. |
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| 24/04/2020 |
Henry’s cousin, William Hanna, also became a naturalised American citizen on the same day. |
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| 24/04/2020 |
Private Henry Hanna Ritchie was in training with the American Expeditionary Force at Spartanburg, South Carolina when he died on 1st November 1917. He was with the 102nd Engineers. |
| 15/01/2016 |
A plaque in 1st Presbyterian Church, Magherafelt commemorates Private Harry H Ritchie: |
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| 15/01/2016 |
In Memory of Private Harry H Ritchie, American Expeditionary Force, died in camp 1st November 1917. |
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