RICHARD+L.+KIPPING

 Kipping, Richard Luxmore, Private, 427400, 42nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry Born Coronada, Madras Presidency, India Enlisted Weyburn, Saskatchewan Killed in action 6th October 1916 aged 21 Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial

1911 Census No occupation stated Son of Thomas Kipping, no occupation stated. Boarding at Cleve Hall, Champion Hill, Dulwich, Surrey

Canadian Army Service records information: Richard was born in Coronada, India, on the 10th October 1894. He enlisted in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, 5th July 1915, stating his occupation as a farmer, and gave his next of kin as Thomas Kipping, of 77, Teignmouth Road, Bermondsey, Surrey. He was five feet ten inches in height, had a fair complexion, light blue eyes and light brown hair, and he was a Roman Catholic.


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