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INGPEN Norman Cecil Major

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20809

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SKR/DAT/IP/20809
Title
INGPEN Norman Cecil Major
Date
2000-2024
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Surname: INGPEN;

Forename(s): Norman Cecil;

Initials: NC;

Rank: Major;

Previous Battalion: 7 of;

Previous Regiment: R W Surrey Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 102 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (1): 102 Coy;

Other MGC Unit Served (2): 175 Coy;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 04-Dec-1917;

Other Data: Bradfield College Register 1924: b Oct 1894 at School 1908-1912. Prefect 1912. Lt 7 Bn RW Surrey R. Capt & Instructor MGC. Major, dow 1917
Commanded 102 Coy 1916
war diary 1/7/1916 - hit by shrapnel in the back;

Other Notes: INGPEN, Major, N C, 175th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 4th December 1917. Age 23. Son of Arthur Ingpen, K.C., and Mrs. Ingpen; husband of Vera Ingpen, of Highmount, Guildford. III. E. 35. Tincourt New British Cemetery - Somme, France.;

Related National Archives files: WO339/12138;

END OF RECORD.

Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
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INGPEN Norman Cecil Major