William Edwin Rippon
Service Number
4830
Military Unit
1st Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Unknown
Date of Death
12 Mar 1915 (19 Years Old)
Place of Birth
Lincolnshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was employed as a picture framer in 1911.
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- Military History
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Family History
He was the son of David Trimnel and Monica Gertrude Rippon of 9 Johnson Road Nottingham and the brother of Charles Dickens, Dorothy Kate, Jessie May, Suie and Monica Trimnel Rippon.
Military History
He was killed at Neuve Chappelle. Of the battalion's eighteen officers who went into action nine were killed and seven wounded. From the ranks ninety were killed, two hundred and sixty five wounded and eighty seven reported missing - an overall casualty rate in excess of 50%.
Extra Information
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