BORN HULL 1893. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY RAMM (1857-1940) & MARY ANN RAMM, OF 6, KOTTINGHAM AVENUE, BEVERLEY ROAD (1911 CENSUS), AND 44 , FLEET STREET, STEPNEY LANE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER. A SINGLE MAN. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, SERVED WITH THE 5TH BORDER REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 04/07/1917, AGED 24.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, CLARA CROOKS.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON ST MARY CHURCH MEMORIAL, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL
HE IS BURIED AT GUEMAPPE BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “ONE OF THE BEST”.
First name:
IRWIN
Military Number:
241941
Rank:
Private
Date Died
04/07/1917
Place died:
GUEMAPPE BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
24
44 , FLEET STREET, STEPNEY LANE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK, HU5 1JA
