Name
Edward Cutbush Gripper
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/12/1917
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
XXVIII. D. 9.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 8 Aug 1888 in Richmond, Surrey son of John Edward and Annie Ellen (Cutbush) Gripper of Barnes, London.
Educated at Haileybury College 1902-06.
He married of Ruby Kathleen Parkin (later Mrs Cox) on 26 Jul 1912 in West Fordington, Dorset and they lived at Ward's Cross, Hurst, Twyford, Berkshire and had one daughter.
Wartime Service
Died of wounds, probably in hospital at Le Touquet, France.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
