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In loving memory of
Charles Stanley HIPWELL, M.C.
Lieutenant Queen'sWestminster Rifles
2nd son of John Charles and Annie
Eva Hipwell
born 4th September 1887, killed
in action 15th October 1916
Interred in Maroeil 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.
Pro Patria Non Timides More
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