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Adolphe Lippé

In memory of:

Private Adolphe Lippé

August 29, 1918
Ligny-Saint-Flochel, France

Military Service

Service Number:

61265

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

22nd Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

June 8, 1888
Québec (St-Roch), Quebec

Enlistment:

October 22, 1914
Montréal, Quebec

Baptized Adolphe-Élie-François Lippé. Son of Marie-Louise Jobin (deceased in 1894) and Charles Lippé (remarried in 1895 to Joséphine Falardeau), of Québec, Québec. He had declared to be born on the 9th at the time of his enlistment.

Seriously wounded in the groin and abdomen on August 27th, 1918 during the battle of Chérisy, he died two days later at Casualty Clearing Station No. 7 at Ligny-Saint-Flochel. He had previously been wounded three times.

Commemorated on Page 450 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. A. 21.

Location:

Ligny-St.Flochel is a village about 6.5 kilometres east of St.Pol on the main road to Arras. The distance from Ligny-St. Flochel to Arras is approximately 24 kilometres. The Ligny-St.Flochel British Cemetery is situated to the south of the village on the east side of the road to the village of Averdoingt.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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