Born: 1895, Eccleshill
Died: 22 November 1914
Buried: Merville Community Cemetery
Address: 4 Oxford Road, Undercliffe
Parents: Charles Arthur and Annie Shevill, nee Horn
Spouse:
Siblings: George, Edith, Harry
Occupation: Telegrph Messeger, Bradford Post Office
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Drummer
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: St Luke’s, Eccleshill
Children:
Regiment: West Yorkshire
Ralph Waller
Ralph Waller was born in 1895 in
Eccleshill the son of Charles Arthur
and Annie Shevill, nee Horn.
In 1901 Charles and Annie were
living at 32 Dudley Hill Road and
Charles was working as a plumber.
By 1911 they had moved to 4
Oxford Road.
Ralph was not at home in 1911
having enlisted as Drummer 9510
in the 2nd Battalion of the West
Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of
Wales Own) which was stationed at
Sobraon Barracks, Circular Road,
Colchester.
He was 15 years of age and gave
his occupation as telegraph
messenger at Bradford Post Office.
When War broke out in August
1914 his Battalion was stationed in
Malta. They returned to England,
landing in Southampton on the 25th
September when they came under
the orders of the 23rd Brigade, 8th
Division.
After home leave the Battalion
departed for the Western Front
landing in Le Havre on the 5th
November 1914.
His Battalion was involved in the
first Battle of Ypres 19th October to
the 22nd of November and on the
18th of November he was wounded
in action and later died on the 22nd
in the No. 7 Clearing hospital. He
was 19 years of age and had only
been at the Front for six weeks.
Ralph is buried in the Merville
Communal Cemetery which
remained in Allied hands for most
of the war.
He left his effects to his mother
Annie Shevill who received
£5.18.0d on the 9th March 1915
and a War Gratuity of £5.0.0d on
the 11th of June 1919.
His family were still living at 4
Oxford Road when on the 22nd of
November 1940 they placed a
memorial in the Bradford Weekly
Telegraph.
Researched and written by Jean
Britteon, to whom many thanks
