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Able Sea. Joseph Ritson
Royal Navy HMS President
(d.28th Mar 1943)
Joseph Ritson died aged 22, he was born in Jarrow in 1920, he was the son of George and Mary Ritson of Jarrow.
He is buried in Newmachar Cemetery and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall.