Ronald Percy West

1922 - 2006  (84 years)

• Name	Ronald Percy West
  Born	1922	Ladle Cove, Newfoundland
  Gender	Male
  Died	Jan 2006  [1]
  Buried	Ladle Cove, Newfoundland
  	Agency: New Ladle Cove UC Cemetery
  Notes	Excerpt from "Descendants of Joseph West" compiled by Rex Gibbons, 2010 "At the age of 17, Ronald lied about his age and signed up for military service in Grand Falls, Newfoundland. He became a member of the 59th Regiment of the Royal Newfoundland Heavy Artillery. After some training and a brief stop in Halifax, along with many other Newfoundlanders, he headed overseas (a 28-day voyage). For the next six years, his travels in the military took him to England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany, and other parts of Europe. After returning home after the war, as a Lance Corporal, he settled in Ladle Cove, the home of his wife, Doris. Before he died, he gave his grandson, John-Charles Tulk, the old uniform that he was wearing when he came home from the war in 1945. Young John-Charles and his sister, Jacinta, became members of Air Cadets 537 Squadron of Gander, and John-Charles wore his grandfather's uniform at the 2005 annual review where his sister, Jacinta, gave a speech about her grandfather, appropriately called "My Hero". Mr. West, by then very feeble, was also proudly escorted to the podium after the speech."
  Person ID	I745	West & Park Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Theophilus Gardner West,   b. 12 Sep 1893, Ladle Cove, Newfoundland ,   d. 30 Dec 1941  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Elaine Chaulk,   b. 1898,   d. 1993  (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Doris Tulk,   b. 1928,   d. 2008  (Age 80 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1959  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Rhonda West
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2022
  Family ID	F224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1922 - Ladle Cove, Newfoundland Buried - Agency: New Ladle Cove UC Cemetery - - Ladle Cove, Newfoundland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Carl West, Sandy West, Ron West

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Find A Grave Index 1600s-Current, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242340370/ronald-p-west.