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Corporal JOHN TIPPINS

Service Number: 3/3105
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 November 1914

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALVAIRE (ESSEX) MILITARY CEMETERY

I. C. 6.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Luke R. and Rose A. Tippins, of Mistley, Essex. A noted rifle shot and member of Empire Team. Born at Winsford, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LAST POSSIBLE FOR ENGLAND
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Buried or commemorated at

CALVAIRE (ESSEX) MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 218
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