Regiment: H. M. S. Argus.
Died: 16 April 1919 aged 23 in United Kingdom. Accidentally killed flying.
Cemetery: Dorking Cemetery 189514
Son of E. W. H. Ritchie, Buckshurst, Dorking, b. 1896.
Upper IV B.
Great War 1914-19 (overseas). Captain R.A.F.
'He was only at, Malvern one term. He served originally in the Royal Naval Air Service, and at the time of his death was a Captain in the R.A.F. He was killed on April i6th, 1919, while flying from H.M.S. Argus in the Firth of Forth.' (Malvernian, Dec 1919).