Newmarket War Memorial 4

Life History

1889	Born in Newmarket, Cambridgeshire / Suffolk
1911	Occupation Stableman - Training of Racehorses
1911	Resided in La Grange Stables, Snailwell Road, Newmarket, Suffolk
between 1914 and 1918	Military in 281850, 19th Div. Signal Coy., Royal Engineers - Driver
1918	Military in British War Medal
1918	Military in Victory Medal
17th Nov 1918	Died in Nord, France.1

Notes

• NEWMARKET WAR MEMORIAL
  World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour
  Frederick 'Fred' Rippington
  Driver 281850, 19th Division Signals Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 17th November 1918. Aged 29. Born and resident Newmarket, enlisted Ipswich. Son of William and Eliza Rippington, of 2, Burleigh Cottages, Park Avenue, Newmarket. Buried in AWOINGT BRITISH CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot III. Row G. Grave 21.
  Description Medal card of Rippington, Frederick
  Corps Regiment No Rank
  Royal Engineers 281850 Driver
  Date 1914-1920
  Catalogue reference WO 372/17
  Dept Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies
  Series War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War
  Piece Ridley C - Shacklady T
  http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details- result.asp?queryType=1&resultcount=1&Edoc_Id=5067176
• Birth Record Name  Freddy Rippington
  Year of Registration  1889
  Quarter of Registration  Jul-Aug-Sep
  Registration District  Newmarket
  Registration County  Cambridgeshire
  Mother's maiden name
  Volume Number  3B
  Volume Page  519

Sources

• 1. Commonwealth War Dead Casualty Details
  • (secondary evidence)
• 2. 1891 England Census
  • Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
  • (secondary evidence)
• 3. 1901 England Census
  • Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
  • (secondary evidence)
• 4. 1911 England Census
  • 18/06/2009
  • (secondary evidence)