Gunner Ralph Vernon Huntingford
| Date of Birth | 13 January 1897 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 19 |
| Date of Death | 27 October 1916 |
| Service Number | L/46308 |
| Military Service | "A" Battery, 190th Brigade Royal Field Artillery |
| Merton Address | 7 Vine Cottages, Mitcham |
| Local Memorial | Mitcham War Memorial |
Additional Information
Ralph was born in Mitcham on the 13th of January, 1897, to Ernest and Jessie Huntingford. His father worked as a warehouse man at a varnish factory. He was the second oldest of six children, with older brother Thomas, and younger siblings Edith, Jessie, Frank, and Charles. The family lived at 3 Church Road in Mitcham, later moving to 7 Vine Cottages.
Ralph worked as a market grower’s boy for the Mizen Bros Nursery when he was 14, and began working at Mitcham Station for the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway on the 20th of April, 1914, when he was 17. He was transferred to Merton Abbey on the 16th of February, 1915. He was earning 12 shillings a week as a porter, but resigned on the 7th of May, 1915 to enlist.
He was killed in action on the Somme.