Herbert Wesley Phipps
Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 303097 (previously 266881)
Parents: Henry Wesley and Kate Jane Phipps
Home address: 32 London Street, Kingswood, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Stock room worker in boot factory
Date of birth: 1894
Place of birth: Bitton, Bristol
Date of death: 28/09/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age: 24
Further information:
Herbert was born in Bitton, the son of a labourer and the eldest of three children with a younger sister and a younger brother.
Herbert initially joined the Gloucestershire Regiment then transferred to the 1st/7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Herbert died of wounds received during the Second Battle of Bapaume (21st August – 3rd September 1918) which was part of the Hundred Days Offensive. The Offensive resulted in a decisive allied victory and led to the end of the First World War but the number of allied casualties during this period was an astronomical 1,070,000.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/