Basic Details
Surname
Cripps
Forenames
Joseph Henry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
14040
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 49 South Street, Stanground.

(N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Dragoon Guards
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
3rd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Cambridge
Country of burial
Not stated
Town of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated
Year of death
1919
Month of death
April
Day of death
14
Manner of death as stated
"Died of sickness, 14th April 1919 at the 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge"
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease