BORN DRYPOOL, HULL 1892. SECOND SON OF CHARLOTTE BATTY (1866-1955) & GEORGE FOSTER RIPPON (1863-1926), OF 104, HIGH STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A SHIP RIGGER AND ROPE MANUFACTURER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. WORKED AS A FURNITURE SHOP ASSISTANT (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 20TH APRIL, 1915. SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE 251ST ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED AS A PRISONER OF WAR, IN GERMANY, ON 18/10/1918, AGED 26. BURIED AT WORMS CEMETERY, GERMANY.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MARYS CHURCH, LOWGATE MEMORIAL.
BURIED: Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
First name:
EDWARD WILLIAM
Military Number:
755368
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
18/10/1918
Place died:
Worms (Hochheim Hill) Cemetery, Germany
Age:
26
