ALLIE RITCH
Merchant Marine
Allie Ritch, Photo from the collection of Donald Bayles.
Allie Ritch
Allie Ritch was the son of Lewis and Catherine
Ritch of Middle Island. During the war he was a member of the Merchant
Marine delivering cargoes along the eastern seaboard.
The following newspaper articles are from the
Patchogue Advance
Middle Island November 5, 1918
Allie Ritch, of the Merchant Marine has a two week
leave of absence form his ship in Boston. It is a coal freighter plying
the coast from Newport News to Halifax.
Middle Island Jan. 10 1919
Allie
Ritch was at home over Sunday the ship to which he belongs to the El
Alba,