Phipps, Fred

L, Cpl, Fred Phipps, MGC

BORN CASTLEFORD, 28/04/1891. SON OF WILLIAM PHIPS (1848-1898) & ESTHER COLLINS (1848-1930), OF 9, CLYDE TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL. HE HAD THREE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. WORKED AS A FISH PACKER.

HE MARRIED FRANCES M. PARKER (1887-1918), AT HULL, IN 1910. HE WIFE THE LATE FRANCIS PHIPPS, LIVED AT 3 , SALTBURN STREET, HULL. THEY HAD ONE SON, WILLIAM, BORN IN 1911.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 26657, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. DIED 31/08/1918, AGED 26. BURIED: Berlaimont Communal Cemetery Extension, Berlaimont, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

HE IS COMMEMORATED ON ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CGURCH MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.


First name:
FRED
Military Number:
58149
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
31/08/1918
Place died:
Berlaimont Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
26
3 , SALTBURN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK