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Surname: CRIPPIN
Forename(s): Harry William
Place of Birth: Huyton, Lancashire
Service No: ---
Rank: Captain
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 56th Division HQ
Division: 56th (1/1st London) Division
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1916-09-08
Awards: M.C., M.I.D.
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. A. 2.
CWGC Cemetery: CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Harry William (Roy) Crippin (born 14 March 1889) was the son of Henry Hall Crippin and Catherine Gray Crippin, née Sutherland. Henry was born at Manchester, Lancashire and Catherine at Kincardine O'Neil, Aberdeenshire.
1891 Huyton with Roby, Lancashire Census: 4, Tarbock Road - Harry William Crippin, aged 2 years, born Huyton, son of Henry H. Crippin and Catherine E. Crippin.
1901 Eastbourne, Sussex Census: Clifton House School, 1, Upper Avenue - Harry W. Crippin, aged 12 years, born Huryton [sic], Lancashire.
1911 Farnborough, Hampshire Census: Minden Barracks, Deep Cut - 2nd Lieut. Harry William Crippin, aged 22 years, 87th Battery Royal Field Artillery, born Huyton, Lancashire.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Capt Harry William Crippin, M.C., R.F.A. Disembarkation date: 9.9.14. Dec'd 8.9.16. K. in A. Correspondence: (Mother) Mrs. H.H. Crippin, 9, Coburg Road, Ramsey, I. of Man.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Capt H. W. Crippin, R.F.A. K. in A. 8.9.16.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Bde Major H. W. Crippin, R.F.A. Date and Place of Death: 8.9.16. In action. To whom issued/Amount: Father and Administrator - Henry Hall Crippen [sic] Esq. £83 4s. 7d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Harry not found.
Photograph courtesy of Richard Flory, California, U.S.A.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
CRIPPIN, Major W.H., aged 27, R.A., grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland of Settle, killed in action Sept. 8, 1916.
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Captain Harry William CRIPPIN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 56th (1/1st London) Division
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29 September 1916
CRIPPIN – September 8, killed in action, Major W. H. Crippin, R.A., aged 27 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Crippin, Ramsey, and grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland, Settle.
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18 January 1918
SETTLE
DEATH OF A FORMER RESIDENT
Mrs. H.H. Crippen, of the Red Cottage, Ramsay, Isle of Man, second daughter of the late Mr. Alexander and Mrs. Sutherland, of Mains View, and sister of Mr. Robt. Sutherland, of Sansbury Place, Settle, passed away at 24, Blencathra Street, Keswick, on the 3rd inst. The cause of death was heart failure following congestion of the lungs. The deceased visited her brother at Settle as recently as the middle of last December. The death in action of her only son, Major H.W. Crippen, M.C., R.A., in November, 1916, was a very severe blow to deceased, and doubtless contributed somewhat to her early decline.
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