Name
Walter Vincent Thomas Gripper
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/07/1916
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
East Surrey Regiment
3rd Bn., attached 1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
VIII. F. 8.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 29 Oct 1888 in Wallington, Surrey son of Dr. Walter and Evelyn Hayes Gripper of Park House, Park Lane, Willingdon, Eastbourne. Educated at Haileybury College 1902-06.
Wartime Service
Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant 3rd Bn. East Surreys on 10 Jun 1907. Entered France on 13 Nov 1914 as part of the British Expeditionary Force. Killed in action at the Somme.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
