Edward Tom Ralph

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Edward Tom Ralph was born in Charlton, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, in 1892 and baptised at St. John the Baptist Church, Charlton, on 13th March 1892 the son of James Ralph and Eva Ralph (née Pike), a local family.  He spent  his early years in Charlton but, by 1901, the family had moved to Stour Provost, Dorset.  Edward enlisted with the Dorset (Queen's Own) Yeomanry Battalion of the Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line as a Private (Service No. 481).  He served at Gallipoli where he was killed in action on 21st August 1915.  He is remembered on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey, (Panel 18). He was awarded the Victory and British War medals as well as the 1915 Star.

"Tom Ralph" is remembered on a memorial plaque in St. Michael's Church, Stour Provost, and on the All Saints Church war memorial, now in the Stour Row Village Hall, along with his brother Walter Lynn Ralph, who also died in the war.  Brother, Ivor Harry Ralph, served and survived.