Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Ralph Edwin West
In memory of:
Private Ralph Edwin West
August 26, 1918
Military Service
1069507
25
Army
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Additional Information
November 23, 1892
Kettering, England
March 2, 1917
Regina, Saskatchewan
Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Perry, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Survived by his brother Percy, serving overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Private West worked as boys' work secretary, Y.M.C.A. He had graduated from the Y.M.C.A. College in Chicago, Illinois.
Commemorated on Page 520 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT
Pas de Calais, France
V. E. 6.
Vis-en-Artois and Haucourt are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, on the road from Arras to Cambrai. The VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT is at the north side of the main road between the two villages.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Newspaper Clipping – News article from the Calgary Herald dated 24 September 1918 advising of the death of Private West. The article chronicles the sporting career of Private West. -
Details
Newspaper Clipping – source: Calgary Herald; September 25, 1918, page 14
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