Private 24496 Walter Thomas TIPPER

Private 24496 Walter Thomas Tipper{gallery}Pte W T Tipper{/gallery}1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 14th September 1916, aged 29

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8D
Awarded British War and Victory Medals
Son of [late] Walter and Elizabeth Henrietta Tipper of 4 Willdays, Terrace, Atherstone
NNWFHS Memorial: Atherstone

Links to Relevant Information

CWGC Page for Pte Tipper
NNWFHS Atherstone War Memorial Page
Thiepval Memorial
Grenadier Guards

Military, Census and Family History Information

Born Oct Qtr 1887 at Atherstone. Baptised 5 Feb 1888
Lived with his grandmother, Ann Payne, at Hat and Beaver Yard, Atherstone [1901]
Employed as a soldier with the 1st Battalion Durham Light Infantry [1911]
Enlisted 15 Nov 1915