Private William Cripwell

Army Number: 71304

Battalion: 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Ruddington, Nottinghamshire. Son of Henry and Eliza Cripwell, of Easthorpe Street, Ruddington. Husband of Catherine Cripwell, of Easthorpe Street, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire. He was a groom prior to enlisting at West Bridgford, Nottingham. He was killed in action, 12th July 1917, aged 41, in the German attack on the British line at Ephey, France.

Buried: Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery, France. Row C. Grave 9.

Private William Cripwell is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Ruddington War Memorial, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire.
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.