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Second Lieutenant HORACE LEONARD CHIPPINGTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT

IV. D. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 16th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick George and Sarah Chippington, of Nayland, Colchester.
  • Personal Inscription THE CUP WAS BITTER THE STING SEVERE TO PART WITH ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1374
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