Arthur Phipps

14377801, Gunner, 59 Anti-Tank Regiment. (6th Hampshire Regiment), Royal Artillery.

Died of Wounds on the 16th August 1944 aged 35.

Arthur Phipps was born on 9 May 1909, the son of John & Annie Phipps of Stroud, Gloucestershire. He married Lena Phipps. (nee Bailey) at Stroud, on 18 December 1937, and the couple were living in Stroud on 3 December 1942, when he was conscripted into the army. At the time of his death, he and his wife were living at 97 Musley Hill, Ware, Hertfordshire.

Arthur was wounded in action on 16 August 1944 during the Normandy campaign and died from the effects of his injuries later that day.

He is buried in the Banneville La Campagne War Cemetery, France. (6.D.9)

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