Thomas "Tommy" Ricketts VC was a Newfoundland soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Ricketts is the youngest army recipient fighting in a combatant role.
Thomas Ricketts after being awarded the VC.
Monument for Ricketts in Sint-Eloois-Winkel, a village near Ledeghem 50°51′38.9″N 003°10′55.8″E / 50.860806°N 3.182167°E / 50.860806; 3.182167
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
The Royal Newfoundland Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It is part of the 5th Canadian Division's 37 Canadian Brigade Group.
The badge of The Royal Newfoundland Regiment.
Reenactors dressed in 1795 Grenadier uniform at Signal Hill
Dr. Cluny MacPherson of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment in Egypt, September 1915
Colourized photo of soldiers in St. John's Road, a support trench, 200 metres behind the British forward line at Beaumont Hamel, 1916