South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Bray Military Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| After 2 Jan 1916 | ~ | Rowington |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Local actions on The Somme | Jan 1916 at Birmingham | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| CCS at Bray-sur-Somme | ||
Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
| We are unable to tell from the war diary exactly when and where Horace was wounded but will continue to search. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Oct Qtr 1896 at Cumnor | ~ |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Mother - Rose Ann Wiblin | Father (see below) George Phipps | Rowington |
| Step-father - Charles Edward Woolloff | |
| Schools | Colleges |
| Hinton Waldrist C of E School - 1902 | ~ |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1896 - Cumnor | 1914 - Butchers Boy |
| 1901 - Henwood Cottage, Cumnor | |
| 1911 - Not found | |
| 1917 - Rowington | |
- Horace was registered at birth as Horace Henry C Wiblin
- In February 1897 George Phipps of Dry Sandford was ordered to pay 1s 6d per week to Rose Ann Wiblin of Cumnor until the child was 16.
- In August 1897 George Phipps of Dry Sandford was charged with being 15s in arrears of a Bastardy Order in favour of Rose Ann Wiblin
- In 1902 Horace's mother Rose Annie Wiblin married Charles Edward Woolloff at Hinton Waldrist
- We have not established why Horace was known as Horace P on his War Grave, someone has added an handwritten P to the typed CWGC record
