Ralph William Warren

Born 15 Jan 1888 - Died 26 Nov 1918

Service number: WWI 18437 AWMM
Also known as: —
Armed force / branch: Army AWMM
Last rank: WW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM
War: World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

3/4 group portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Ralph William Warren, Reg No 18437, of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 8th Reinforcements to the 4th Battalion, - H Company, and his wife Mabel E Warren, and children, Tresca (left, then two years old) and Desmond (right, then four years old). Lieutenant Warren was later with the Machine Gun Corps, he died of disease in the UK on 26 November 1918. (Photographer: Herman Schmidt, 1916). Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-W1277. No known copyright. No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Biographical information

Son of Mr John Warren and Elizabeth Lorimer Warren; husband of Mabel E. Warren of Beresford St, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand.

Luxford refers to Lieutenant Warren's burial place as Harrowby Rd Cemetery, Grantham.

Some H Company sailed on the Devon.

Posted to 1st Reserve Company.
Transferred to 11th Reinforcements, 11 March 1916.
Appointed Second Lieutenant, 15th Reinforcement, 25 March 1916.
Tranferred to E Company, 16th Reinforcement, 10 June 1916; transferred to C Company, 16th Reinforcement, 21 June 1916.
Posted to Specialist Machine Gun Section, 17th Reinforcement, Specialist Company, 7 July 1916.
Appointment to Second Lieutenant approved by Governor General, 23 September 1916.
Embarked for overseas, 23 September 1916.
Posted to A Company, 3rd Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 18 November 1916.
Posted to 3rd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, 21 November 1916, as Machine Gun Officer.
Transferred to 1st Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, 26 December 1916.
Seconded for Machine Gun Officer training, 31 March 1917.
Transferred to New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, 15 June 1917.
Posted to No 3 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, 26 June 1917.
Wounded, 6 August 1917.
Admitted to No 3 General Hospital, 11 August 1917.
Admitted to No 1 General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 20 August 1917.
On leave, 31 October 1917.
Admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton on Thames (old gun shot wound, right leg).
Transferred to Officers' Convalescent Home, Brighton, 27 December, 27 December 1917.
On leave, 8 January 1918.
Marched in New Zealand Machine Gun Corps Reserve Depot, Grantham, 23 January 1918.
Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on SS 'Remuera' on secondment as a draft reinforcement officer, 14 March 1918; disembarked 9 May 1918.
Posted to 42nd Reinforcement, 1 June 1918.
Transferred to 43rd Reinforcement, 23 June 1918.
Tranferred to 44th Reinforcement, 5 July 1918.
Transferred to 48th Reinforcement, 13 July 1918.
Transferred to B Company, 42nd Reinforcement, 1 August 1918 and embarked for overseas.
Appointed Lieutenant, 1 August 1918.
Marched in New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reserve Depot, 4 October 1918.
Admitted to Military Hospital, Grantham, 20 November 1918 (influenza); placed on 'Dangerously Ill' List, 24 November 1918 (pneumonia).
Died, 26 November 1918.

Some H sailed on the Devon, SuppNom: Ex 8th Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, N.Z.R.B.

Next of Kin: Mrs M. C. Warren, Bayswater, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

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Ralph William Warren