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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 347

Three: Private J. S. Gipp, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, who was killed in action on 14 October 1916 during their famous attack on the Schwaben Redoubt

1914-15 Star (3112 Pte. S. Gipp. Camb. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3112 Pte. J. S. Gipp. Camb. R.), nearly extremely fine (3)

John Stanley Gipp - or Jack to his friends and comrades - was born at Cambridge in 1896 and in 1911 was working as an errand boy and living with his parents at 28 Ross Street, Cambridge. He served in France with the 1st Battalion from 10 July 1915 and was killed in action during the attack on the Schwaben Redoubt on 14 October 1916, being commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial and the Cambridge Guildhall Memorial. The assault, which cost the Battalion over 200 casualties, led to no less than 42 gallantry awards and was described by Field Marshal Douglas Haig as ‘...one of the finest feats of arms in the history of the British Army.'; sold together with a memorial card and copied research.

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Sold for
£740

Starting price
£190