Lieutenant Reginald Nigel Gipps

Campaign:

World War 1


Died:

7.11.1914

1SG
KIA Aged 23
Commemorated at The Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. Panel 11
Son of the late General Sir Reginald Gipps, G.C.B., of Sycamore House, Farnborough, Hants.
Educated at Wellington College and RMC Sandhurst, he joined his father's old regiment, the Scots Guards, in 1911, becoming Lieutenant in 1913 where he accompanied his regiment to Egypt. in 1914 he accompanied his Battalion to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force

  • Lieutenant Reginald Nigel Gipps (HU 115083) CWGC family information: son of the late General Sir Reginald Gipps, G.C.B., of Sycamore House, Farnborough, Hants. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205295451

Memorial(s):

Country Location Name of Memorial Campaign Names Date(s)
England 28 St James's St, St. James's, London SW1A 1HJ Boodle's Memorial The Great War World War 1
 Reginald Gipps 7-11-1914 View
England THE KIA OVAL CRICKET GROUND - Members' Pavillion Kennington Oval Kennington Lambeth Greater London SE11 5SS Surrey County Cricket Club WW1 Roll of Honour World War 1
 Reginald Gipps 7-11-1914 View
England WELLINGTON COLLEGE Crowthorne Bracknell Berkshire Wellington College War Memorial World War 1
World War 2
 Reginald Gipps 7-11-1914 View

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