Lt Charles Stanley Hipwell

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Reference WMO/115089

Address:

St Peter and St Paul's Church

Church Street

Olney

MK46 4AD

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: White marble rectangular tablet on a grey marble base. Regimental Crest of Queen's Westminster Rifles in carved, fretted marble in centre.
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ CHARLES STANLEY HIPWELL MC/ LIEUTENANT QUEEN'S WESTMINSTER RIFLES/ 2ND SON OF JOHN CHARLES AND ANNIE EVA HIPWELL/ BORN 4TH SEPTEMBER 1887, KILLED IN ACTION 15TH OCTOBER 1916/ INTERRED IN MARCOEUIL CEMETERY FRANCE/ ON SEPT 23RD 1916 HE LED A SUCCESSFUL RAID INTO THE ENEMY TRENCHES/ WHICH RESULTED IN THE CAPTURE OF PRISONERS. HE ENGAGED A FIRE BAY/ FULL OF GERMANS AND SILENCED THEM WITH HIS REVOLVER, REMAINING/ STANDING ON THE PARAPET WHILE HIS MEN CROSSED THE HOSTILE WIRE/ AND THEREAFTER UNTIL THE LAST MAN HAD LEFT FOR OUR LINES- HE/ WENT OUT AGAIN UNDER CONTINUOUS FIRE TO SEARCH NO MAN'S LAND FOR/ A WOUNDED MAN. THE SUCCESS OF THE RAID WAS DUE TO HIS DETERMINATION/ AND RESOURCEFUL LEADING FOR WHICH HE WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS/ EXTRACT FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORD/ PRO PATRIA NON TIMIDUS MORI.

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