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West, Ralph Edwin
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Ralph Edwin West, 1892-1918, was born in Kettering, England and came with his family to Calgary, Alberta in 1907. He worked at Donnelly, Watson and Brown as a stenographer and bookkeeper and then became involved with the Calgary YMCA after training at the YMCA College in Chicago. In 1916 he became Boys work director at the Regina YMCA. In the latter position he travelled to numerous events in Canada and the USA. In 1917 he enlisted in the 249th battalion and was posted overseas with the First Canadian Mounted Rifles. West was killed at Monchy in August, 1918.