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Second Lieutenant RALPH VIVIAN BABINGTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 October 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RUISSEAU FARM CEMETERY

C. 45.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Hagart Babington and Grace Damaris Matilda Babington of Croan, Wadebridge, Cornwall. His brother Hugh also fell.
  • Personal Inscription "SECOND TO NONE"
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Buried or commemorated at

RUISSEAU FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 82
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