Name
Robert B Scripps
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
31/03/1919
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
78743
Royal Fusiliers *2
Not recorded
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BUCKLAND (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Andrew’s Church Buckland & Chipping Memorial, Buckland, Not on the Royston memorials(*1)
Pre War
Born in 1899 in Royston(*1), Herts. son of Alice Scripps (later Parker) and christened on 8 Dec 1899 in Royston.
He was living in Barkway with his mother and grandparents in 1901 and in Back Lane, Buntingford in 1911 with his mother and step father Sidney Parker.
Wartime Service
Formerly 54685 Middlesex Regiment and then also G/31442 Royal Sussex Regiment.
Additional Information
*1 Records found have recorded his birthplace as Royston. This may be the case, however Royston was the main postal location given for nearby villages and hamlets, so it may be that this information is misleading. If more accurate information found this will be updated.
*2 Probably more correctly London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
