His address in 1911 was 44 Fourth Row, Ashington.
Acknowledgments: Margaret Allison
Colin McMillan has provided the following:
Ralph Atkinson Daglish was born on 6th May 1888 in Morpeth. In 1891, when he was 3, he was the seventh child of 41 year old Thomas Daglish, a joiner, and 43 year old Mary G. Daglish. There were eight children altogether: Mary G. Daglish (14), George Daglish (13), Thomas A. Daglish (10), Sarah J. Daglish (8), William R. Daglish (6), who were all school age, and two younger siblings; Ann Elizabeth Daglish (4) and Isabella Daglish who was 10 months old. Every member of the family, parents included, were born in Morpeth and their address was given as Fern Cottage.
Ten years later at the time of the 1901 census Thomas Daglish was dead as Mary Daglish was a widow and the head of the household. Her daughter, also called Mary, was no longer there and neither was Thomas junior. 23 year old George was a joiner, William (16) was a slater and Ralph (13) was an apprentice plumber. They were living at Fern Cottage, Old Foundry Yard, Cottingwood lane.
By 1911 Ralph was living as a boarder with the Heard family at 44 Fourth Row, Ashington. He was a plumber working in the coal mining industry.
74 Private Daglish, R.A. served with the 1st/7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. He died of wounds at No 2 Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul, Nord, France. There is some confusion over his date of death. The CWGC have it as 16th May 1915 whereas the Army Register of Soldiers Effects puts it as the 18th. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Morpeth Herald 28/05/1915 carries an obituary:
"Mrs. Daglish, Fernlea, Morpeth, has received the following letter from Capt. H.R. Smail, 7th N.F., serving at the Front:- “I am sorry to have to write to inform you of the death of your son, Pte. R.A. Daglish, 1st Company, 7th N.F. While in the trenches on the 16th May, he was shot in the head by a sniper. We had him attended to and conveyed to hospital. We never had much hope of his recovery. He was conveyed to hospital at dusk, and we now have information that he expired at 11.5pm on the 18th [sic]. I very much regret his death, more especially as he has served his country so long and so well. Please accept my deepest sympathy in your loss”. The deceased was 27 years of age and was an electrician at Ashington Colliery. He has been eight years in the Territorials. His late father (Sergt. T. Daglish) used to be one of the crack shots of the Morpeth Company of the Northumberland Fusiliers."
Ralph Atkinson Daglish is remembered at Morpeth on M17.01, M17.02, M17.09 and M17.29, in Ashington on A17.01 (A17.27) and A17.43 and in the Battalion History