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Lance Corporal CHARLES WILLIAM RIPPON

Service Number: 17394
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northamptonshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1916

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

III. N. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of John and Eliza Rippon, of 8, South St., Stanground, Peterborough.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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