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Rifleman C W WHIPPS

Service Number: P/1440
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

V. E. 25.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Hester Whipps; husband of Eliza Jane Beecroft (formerly Whipps), of 24, Rochford St., Gospel Oak, London. Born at St. Pancras.
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Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2543
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