Basic Details
Surname
Rippon
Forenames
Victor William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
29230
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 67 Dickens Street.

(CWGC records that Private Victor William Rippon, regimental number 29230, died aged 19 on 4/10/1917 serving in the 1st/6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He is commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium. They record him as the only son of William and Elizabeth Rippon of 67 Dickens Street, Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Victor's death was presumed, and that his father William claimed his effects. Victor's birth had been registered in Peterborough in 1898. When he was baptised at All Saints' Church Peterborough on 19/6/1898 his parents' address was recorded in the Baptism register as Glebe House, Granville Street. On the 1911 census he had been living with his mother at 67 Dickens Street, Peterborough; he was recorded as being the only child of the marriage).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Warwicks
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1/6th
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
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
4
Manner of death as stated
Reported missing, believed killed in action
Manner of death reference
Missing
Personal Details
Address
67 DICKENS STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial