BORN HULL 15/12/1895. SECOND SON OF WILLIAM JAMES & JANE ANN PROCTOR ABOVE ADDRESS (1901 CENSUS). SON OF AN ORGAN PIPE VOICER. BROTHER TO HENRY, AND TWO YOUNGER, SISTERS, MURIEL AND EVELYN. LIVED AT 3 NANSEN MOUNT, AND 5 ROSEMONT AVENUE, BRAMLEY, LEEDS. WORKED AS AN ORGAN PIPE APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL IN THE 15TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM.
First name:
RALPH VICTOR
Military Number:
15/737
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
20
