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The Roll lists his address as 139 Wellington Street; it also records the death of his brother Andrew. It records that William died serving as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers, whereas he actually died serving as a Private in the Sherwood Foresters.
(CWGC records that Private W Rippin, regimental number 94372, died aged 25 on 6/11/1917 serving in 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), formerly of the Royal Engineers, and is buried in grave II.D.7 at Tincourt New British Cemetery in France. They record him as the son of William and Flora Rippin of 139 Wellington Street, Peterborough. The birth of William Rippin was registered in Peterborough in 1892. When he was baptised on 20/5/1896 at St Mary's Church in Peterborough, as the son of William and Flora Rippin, their address was recorded in the Baptism register as Wellington Street. On the 1911 census William was living with his parents at 139 Wellington Street. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that William Rippin, regimental number 94372, died of wounds in France on 6/11/1917, and that his widow Kate was his legatee. The marriage of William Rippin to Kate Steels was registered in the Peterborough District in 1912. Their daughter Kate's birth was registered in Peterborough in 1913).