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Rank Cpl.
Service # 434007
Unit # 103rd Regiment in Calgary, 50th Bn.
Resident Dresden

Regimental number: 434007 Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10194 – 11, Item: 623039, PDF: B10194-SO11. Date of Birth 17/07/1893 at Dresden, Kent Co., ON. Enlisted at Calgary, AB.  Son of Jonah M. Webster of Rutherford, ON. A bank clerk for the Bank of Commerce in Calgary. (appears in the Bank of Commerce – Roll of Honour) Member of 103rd Regt. in Calgary, AL for nine months. Attestation: 30/12/1914 at Calgary, AL to 50th Bn. BT. 14/01/15, 7/12/16, also found on Dresden, ON. cenotaph .  Embarked Canada: Halifax NS. 27/10/15. Arrived in England – 4/11/15/ Proceeded O/S. 10/10/16 – 50th BN. Disembarked – France, at La Havre 11/08/16 – KIA – In Field:- 18/11/16.   

Apparent Age: 21 yrs. Height: 5’ 8” , Girth: 37 ½ “ , Complexion: Very Fair, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Dark. Considered “Fit”. 30/12/1914 at Calgary  AB. – Dated 28/06/14  = KILLED IN ACTION – 50TH BN. 1914 (31/12/14 – Feb. / Mar. to Cpl. 50th Bn. – FRANCE. Date of Service: 10/08/16. (to Mr. J. M. Webster – R.R. #4 – Dresden, Kent Co. ON .

Unit sailed 27/10/1915 from Halifax aboard the HMS Orduna arrived in England 6/11/15 in France, Disembarked at Havre 18/11/16. Ralph arrived in England 4/11/15 trained to be a Signaler with the rank of Cpl. with the 50th Batt.   Disembarked at Havre, France. 

WEBSTER Initials: R L Nationality: Canadian Rank: Corporal Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) Unit Text: 50th Bn. KIADate of Death: 18/11/1916 Service No: 434007 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. E. 18. Cemetery: ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT

His mother received his 1914-15 Star, the Memorial Cross, the Memorial Scroll 28/04/21 and the Memorial  Plaque. 4/10/22. Military Will – to his father – J. M. Webster – R.R. #6, DRESDEN, ON 1/03/1916.  

A photo of Cpl. Ralph Laverne Webster from Vol. 1 of “Letter from the Front – Canadian Bank of Commerce (CIBC). In memory of the CIBC “who went to war and did not return.”

webster ralph laverne

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources Blenheim Freedom Library, RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10194 - 11, LAC, CVWM, CIBC
Supplemental Information KIA, Date of Death: 18/11/1916 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: II. E. 18. Cemetery: ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT
Height 5'8"
Eye Colour Brown
Age 21 yrs.
Complexion Very Fair
Hair Dark
Birthplace 17/07/1893 at Dresden, ON.

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