Captain Rhandir Theodore Gavin Peter Rikh, who served as Theodore Rick, was an Anglo-Indian officer of the British Army who died during the Second World War.
He was born in India, the son of Algernon Aloysius Narad and Bedelia Rikh (née Gavin), of London. His father had adopted the name "Rikh", at the expense of Sinha, in March 1910, while attending Merton College,[1] and was the son of Sir Sylvester Rikh, brother of Francis, Raja of Tajpur.[2][3]
Aged 27, Rikh died on 13 February 1944, during the Italian Campaign, while serving with the Royal Berkshire Regiment. He had married, in 1941, to Sandra Luce. ( Burmese)
He is buried in Cassino War Cemetery. Italy
Notes[]
- ↑ Merton College Register, 1900-1964: With Notices of Some Older Surviving Members, p. 74.
- ↑ South Asians at the Inns of Court: Inner Temple, 1864-1929, p. 163, hosted.law.wisc.edu. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ Raja Sir Francis Xavier Shiam Rikh of Tajpur, 4 July 1941, archive.catholicherald.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
References[]
- Rikh, Theodore Gavin Peter, cwgc.org. Retrieved 19 June 2013.