The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Tripp

Private William TRIPP, G/17492, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 26th October 1917.

Born Blundeston, Suffolk, son of James & Rose Tripp.

1911 Census - Flixton, Lowestoft, Suffolk - James Tripp, head, age 50, married, farm labourer, worker, born Blundeston, Suffolk; Rosa Tripp, wife, age 49, married 18 years, 6 children, all still alive, born Lound, Suffolk; Rosa Tripp, daughter, age 16, single, at home, born Lound, Suffolk; William Tripp, son, age 14, gardener, labourer, worker, born Blundeston, Suffolk; Standley James Tripp, son, age 11, school, born Blundeston, Suffolk; Charles Kimbley Tripp, son, age 10, school, born Blundeston, Suffolk; Dorothy Annie Tripp, daughter, age 4, born Blundeston, Suffolk; Ben Wright, boarder, age 50, single, farm labourer, worker, born Hopton, Suffolk.

Enlisted Lowestoft, Suffolk, age 18 years & 9 months, height 5ft 7½ inches, weight 139lbs. Resided Flixton Run?, near Lowestoft, Suffolk /16 Pond Farm Cottages, Herringfleet, near Lowestoft, Suffolk. Formerly gardener.

Home 15th November 1915 to 22nd September 1916; BEF 23rd September 1916 to 26th October 1917.

15th November 1915, enlisted; 16th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 28th February 1916, mobilized; 29th March 1916, posted 12th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment, Service No.11926; 1st September 1916, 97th Training Reserve Battalion, Service No. TR/10/32280; 23rd September 1916, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment:24th September 1916, embarked; 5th October 1916, joined Battalion, "A Company.

10th September 1919, Statement of Relatives, completed by James Tripp, 16 Pond Farm Cottages, Herringfleet - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Tripp James; Mother, Tripp Rose; Brothers - two, ages 20 & 18; Sisters - three, ages 26, 25, 13; Grandparents - Grandmother, Blundeston.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium/ Blundeston, Suffolk War Memorial.

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