Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Grave: | Brown's Copse Cemetery, Roeux | VII. A. 30. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.125 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 36B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Brewer
Family :
Son of Henry George & late Fanny Hipwell (nee Fitch).He married, in June, 1907, Gertrude Kerr, daughter of John Kerr,
of New York, and left two sons and two daughters.
Education & Career :
He went to Rugby. He entered the School in 1894 and left in 1898, when he joined his father into the Brewery trade.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders |
| Action : The Arras Offensive and associated actions |
9 April - 16 June 1917. The Arras Offensive consisted of a series of linked attacks starting with the Anglo Canadian assault on the dominant Vimy Ridge feature through the battles in the Scarpe River valley and up to the assaults on the Hindenburg line in the summer of 1917.
Bedfordshire Regiment, but resigned in 1904.
He received his Commission in the Seaforths in June, 1915. In
September, 1916, in order to get to the Front, he applied to be attached to
the Machine Gun Corps, and went to France in the following November.
Listed on Onley Memorial Bucks. Onley Memorial mentions he was also Machine Gun Corps. There is a possible record at Ellis Island 1903 immigration records of him arriving in the USA aged 22 years. http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/search/passRecord.asp?LNM=HIPWELL&PLNM=HIPWELL&last_kind=0&TOWN=null&SHIP=null&RF=38&pID=102690100789&MID=11528259590939352416&
Detail :
He was killed in action at Greenland Hill, near Fampoux, in the Battle of
Arras, on April 23rd, 1917. Age 36.
He was at first reported " Missing," and his Major, writing at the
time, said :—
" He went forward to reconnoitre a very exposed position, and has not
been seen since. I fear he must be killed. The only possible hope is that
he may have been taken prisoner, but, knowing him as I do, I do not
consider him the type of man that would allow himself to be captured.
He had absolutely no fear, and was as brave as a lion."
His Colonel in the Seaforths wrote :—
" He was the life and soul of the Mess, always cheery, never daunted
by difficulties or misfortunes, always ready to help others, absolutely
fearless, and a very gallant fellow. I know from things he has said that, if
death must come, it was the death he most would have wished, on the
field of battle, doing some gallant deed."
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Stuart No. 540 E.C. | Bedfordshire |
| Joined : | Cowper and Newton No. 2244 E.C. | Buckinghamshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
28th January 1903 | 25th February 1903 | 25th March 1903 |
Member of STUART LODGE No 540 in which he was initiated 28 Jan 1903, Passed 25 Feb 1903, Raised 25 Mar 1903. Aged 21 when initiated. Occupation Brewer. Resigned from this lodge in 1908. Joined COWPER & NEWTON Lodge in March 1905.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley