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The Rooms
Check out their World War One exhibit, including Tommy Ricketts' Victoria Cross and Croix de Guerre medals.
TOMMY RICKETTS
Community Project
Tommy Ricketts
Soldier, pharmacist, citizen: telling the full story.
Tommy Ricketts was NL’s war hero after returning home from World War One at the age of seventeen with a Victoria Cross. Now he’s hardly remembered. Why? And beyond a soldier, who was he? A successful pharmacist, beloved father, and name’s sake of roads, schools, and community buildings: there is more to his story.
We need your help to find out more! Oral histories, community collaboration, and archives work will be the key to telling this bayman, turned soldier, turned community pharmacist’s tale. And hopefully through him we can learn a little more about Newfoundland itself.
Following the Trail of Tommy Ricketts
While we develop new ways to memorialize Tommy Ricketts, here are the current places where you can begin to piece his story together.
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Ricketts Road
Named after Tommy Ricketts in 1967 after his death.
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Tommy Ricketts Memorial
A memorial and interpretive plaque at the corner of Water St. and Job St. near where his pharmacy used to stand.
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NL Pharmacy Museum
Focused on the history of pharmacy in NL and leading this project on Tommy Ricketts.
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Memorial Park, 925 Conception Bay Hwy
On what was once Tommy Ricketts' summer home property, now a park, there are interpretive plaques.
1
The Rooms
Check out their World War One exhibit, including Tommy Ricketts' Victoria Cross and Croix de Guerre medals.
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Ricketts Road
Named after Tommy Ricketts in 1967 after his death.
3
Tommy Ricketts Memorial
A memorial and interpretive plaque at the corner of Water St. and Job St. near where his pharmacy used to stand.
4
NL Pharmacy Museum
Focused on the history of pharmacy in NL and leading this project on Tommy Ricketts.
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Memorial Park, 925 Conception Bay Hwy
On what was once Tommy Ricketts' summer home property, now a park, there are interpretive plaques.
Help Us Write History
Do you or someone you know have a personal connection to Tommy Ricketts? We are searching for oral history candidates. If this interests you, send your contact information to our project lead or fill out our survey.
