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1899 Mar 19. Born Teddington, Middlesex
1901 census at Fairly, Church Rd, Teddington
1906 His mother died
1911 census at 157 Church Rd, Teddington (same as MIC)
1913 His father re-married
1916 Jul. Landed in France
1918 Jun 25. Commissioned 2nd Lt
1919 Dec 26 Promoted Lt
1920 Sep 17. Joined ADRIC with service no 659. Posted to F Coy
1921 Mar 9 to 3 Apr on Leave
1921 Aug 4 to 20 Aug on Leave
1921 Nov 16 to 30 Nov on Leave
1921 Dec 16. Gazetted out of Army as Lt.
1921 Mar 31. Married Isabelle Allan at Newton Abbott. There do not appear to have been any children of the marriage
1922 Jan 23. Discharged on demobilisation of ADRIC
1922 On Electoral Roll in Teddington, at his father's house. No wife there
1923 On Electoral Roll in Teddington, at his father's house. No wife there
1926 On the Electoral Roll in Uxbridge. No wife with him
1927 Living at a Rowton House in Hammersmith. George Orwell, in his 1933 book Down and Out in Paris and London, wrote about lodging houses: The best are the Rowton Houses, where the charge is a shilling, for which you get a cubicle to yourself, and the use of excellent bathrooms. You can also pay half a crown for a 'special', which is practically hotel accommodation. The Rowton Houses are splendid buildings, and the only objection to them is the strict discipline, with rules against cooking, card playing, etc.
Ruffell was clearly a long term inhabitant, in that he was on the Electoral Roll here
1929 Electoral Roll Living with wife Isabelle in Streaham
1929 Oct 13 . Died & Buried in Teddington Cemetery. Died Kensington, London aged 30. One would need the death cert to see cause of death. I can find nothing in the press