BORN STAFFS 1893. ONLY SON OF ARTHUR JOHN & MARY HELEN -‘DANETRE’ HOUSE, ROUNDWAY, HULL AND 34, BLAIR HOUSE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED WITH THE OFFICE STAFF AT THE OIL CAKE MERCHANT FOR WATERLOO MILLS, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/6TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/09/1916, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 18TH SEPTEMBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
RALPH
Military Number:
5610
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
23
