Roland Tippett
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 97104
Parents: George and Elizabeth Tippett
Marital status: Married
Home address: North Street, Oldland Common, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Bootmaker
Date of birth: 1880
Place of birth: Bitton, Bristol
Date of death: 02/01/1919
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Bristol (Arnos Vale) Cemetery. Not commemorated on a local memorial.
Age: 38
Further information:
Roland was born in Bitton, the son of a paper mill labourer and a middle child of ten children with five sisters and four brothers. Roland married Alice Palmer in 1908 and their only child Cyril was born the following year.
Roland enlisted in the 13th Devonshire Regiment (44326) in November 1916, when he was described as 5' 7 ½ " tall. He transferred to the 42nd Battalion, 162nd Labour Company, Royal Berkshire Regiment (33573) in December 1916 when he mobilised to France. In May 1917 he transferred to the Labour Corps and served for the rest of the war as a munitions’ labourer. On 26th December 1918, 6 weeks after the armistice, Roland sustained a fractured skull and died 6 days later in Beaufort War Hospital, Fishponds. The cause of his death was recorded as skull fracture complicated by acute meningitis.
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/