Person:Harry Ripley (3)

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Harry George Ripley
b.12 Nov 1907 Mile End Old Town, London, England
d.5 Jul 1940
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m. 25 Dec 1906
  1. Harry George Ripley1907 - 1940
  2. Elizabeth Amelia Ripley1909 - 1999
  3. Joseph Walter Ripley1911 - 1913
  4. George William Ripley1913 - 1979
  5. Lilian Harriet Ripley1915 - 1995
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Name[2][6][7] Harry George Ripley
Alt Name[1] Harry Ripley
Gender Male
Birth[6] 12 Nov 1907 Mile End Old Town, London, England
Alt Birth[2] 1907 Mile End Old Town, London, England
Christening[7] 8 Dec 1907 Mile End Old Town, London, EnglandHoly Trinity Church
Census[1] 1911 Mile End Old Town, London, England49 Ropery Street E
Residence[3] From 1914 to 1939 Mile End Old Town, London, England267 Bow Common Lane
Death[4][5][6] 5 Jul 1940 North Atlantic Ocean on HMS Whirlwind

Harry served in the British Navy prior to the start of World War II as an Able Seaman. He was killed on 5 Jul 1940 while serving on the HMS Whirlwind when the ship was torpedoed by the German submarine U-34 in the North Atlantic sea southwest of Ireland. His name is included in the Naval memorial in Chatham, Kent.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 London, England. 1911 Census
    49 Ropery Street E; citing RG 78, RG 14 PN 1640, registration district (RD) 21 (Mile End Old Town), sub district (SD) 2 (Mile End Old Town North Eastern), enumeration district (ED) 24, schedule number (SN) 161.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Birth Index. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office, 1837-Present)
    entry for Harry George Ripley, volume 1c, page 463, Oct-Nov-Dec quarter 1907, London, Middlesex district, Mile End Old Town sub-district.
  3. ↑ London, England. Electoral Registers, 1835-1965
    vol. 1936, Tower Hamlets, Stepney, Polling District F: 23, Ripley family at 267 Bow Common Lane.
  4. ↑ The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
    entry for Harry George Ripley, d. 05/07/1940, service no. C/SSX 12511.

    Harry's entry at CWGC

  5. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com)
    1941 Ri: 609.

    RIPLEY Harry George of 10 Burghley-road Leytonstone Essex died 5 July 1940 on war service Probate Winchester 9 July to Margaret Victoria O'Flaherty (wife of Denis Austin O'Flaherty). Effects £58 9s. 11.

  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 United Kingdom. UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960
    Harry George Ripley b. 12 Nov 1907 in Mile End, London, d. 5 Jul 1940 at sea on HMS Whirlwind.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 London, England. Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1916. (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010)
    Holy Trinity (Mile End Old Town, London, England), "Baptisms, 1907 pg 48," Harry George Ripley b. 12 Nov 1907 bap. 8 Dec 1907.
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