Arthur B [Albert Burt] – Cripps – Great Western Railway – Able Seaman – 07/02/1917
Title
Arthur B [Albert Burt] – Cripps – Great Western Railway – Able Seaman – 07/02/1917
Initials / forenames
Arthur B [Albert Burt]
Surname
Cripps
Railway company
Great Western Railway
Military unit
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Naval Division, Hawke Battalion
Military rank
Able Seaman
Military number
2568
Railway department
Stores dept., Swindon
Railway job
Packer
Date died
07/02/1917
Magazine reference
Great Western Railway magazine April 1917 p 73. Photo:May 1917 p99
Memorial
Varennes Military Cemetery
Notes
Age 22, the son of Edward and Mary Cripps of Pontllanfraith, Newport, Mon. [ note discrepancy between magazine and CWGC over first name]
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission ; Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway)
Date entered
07/06/2017
Last updated
07/06/2017
Citation
“Arthur B [Albert Burt] – Cripps – Great Western Railway – Able Seaman – 07/02/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed April 29, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/58226.