Son of Arthur Edward and Eliza Rippin, of 15, Chapel Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Previously employed as a member of the reporting staff of the Bolton Evening News & Bolton Journal and Guardian. Enlisted September 1914. Formerly Lance Corporal 2357, 1st/5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Wounded 20/06/1915 by gunshot in the right leg. Commissioned 20/12/1915. Died from pneumonia at Prees Heath Military Hospital, Whitchurch. Recorded as 4th Bn. on SDGW.
Rippin, James Henry –
Personal details
- Surname: Rippin
- Forename: James Henry
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 22
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: March 9th, 1916
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Unit: 5th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: Not known
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- Tillotson and Son (Publishers) Limited - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Bolton (Tonge) Cemetery, Lancashire, UK
- CWGC reference: III. T1. (C.E.). 94.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 21/05/1915 25/06/1915 31/12/1915 07/01/1916 10/03/1916 24/03/1916 25/08/1916 25/08/1916 29/12/1916 09/03/1917 10/08/1917 03/01/1919
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 5e 6f 6g 6c* 6g* 6c* 7a/g* 8n S16* 5h 6f 1a