Herbert WHIPP

Main CPGW Record

Surname: WHIPP

Forename(s): Herbert

Place of Birth: Horsforth, Yorkshire

Service No: 4960

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 2/6th Battalion

Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division

Age: 32

Date of Death: 1917-02-20

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 6 A and 6 B.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Herbert Whipp was the son of David and Elizabeth Whipp, née Heaton. David was born at Soyland Town and Elizabeth at Ingrow, Keighley, Yorkshire.

1891 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 86, Ingrow Lane - Herbert Whipp, aged 5 years, born Queensbury [sic], Yorkshire, son of David and Elizabeth Whipp. [David, Elizabeth and their children were living with her parents, John and Hannah Heaton.]

1901 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 84, Ingrow Lane - Herbert Whipp, aged 15 years, born Horsforth, Yorkshire, son of Elizabeth Whipp, widow.

1911 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 84, Ingrow Lane - Herbert Whipp, aged 25 years, born Horsforth, Yorkshire, son of Elizabeth Whipp, widow.

The British Army Service Record for Herbert Whipp exists but may be incomplete.

Data Source: Craven Herald Article

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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