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Serjeant ALBERT PRESTON HIPKIN

Service Number: 241759
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 October 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XXX. H. 12A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Harold P. and Annie Hipkin, of 51, Earlesmere Avenue, Balby, Doncaster. Born at Shipley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID HIS RICHEST GIFT ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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