CHARLES JAMES PIPE
From May through to September 2026, Andrew will be fulfilling his dream to hike the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats! You are all warmly invited to follow Andrew’s epic journey on his Facebook page, “Andrew Beal LEJOG” https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577588795730
As Andrew hikes the 1,300+ miles, he will raise funds for the Ipswich War Memorial Project to help finance our future exhibitions and research of the brave Ipswich men and women who lost their lives in conflict. If you would like to make a small donation, please click on the link: https://gofund.me/5d4a50570
Thank you for your love and support. Andrew & Helen – I.W.M.P.
Image courtesy of Richard Pipe.
Born: 1898, Ipswich.
Died: 21st October 1918; age 20; KiA at Courtrai.
Residence: 60, Schreiber Road, Ipswich.
Enlistment Location: Ipswich.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 40850
Regiment: Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1st Battalion.
Formerly 15266, Royal West Kent Regiment.
Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.
Charles was killed at the same time as Sidney Charles Miles and Alexander Lucas.
In May 19120, the three bodies were exhumed; Charles’ body was identified by a wooden cross marking his grave and an Identity Disc which was forwarded to Base. Sidney Miles and Alexander Lucas were buried in the same grave, which had been marked with a wooden cross. The three bodies were reburied at Harlebeke New British Cemetery, Charles in a single grave, Sidney and Alexander in a collective grave.
Grave Reference:
IX.B.7.
Harlebeke New British Cemetery,
West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium.
SIDNEY CHARLES MILES, a Private, 15694, for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1st Battalion, was killed in action, aged 20 years. He was born at Cricklade, Wiltshire, the son of Mary Stephanie Miles, a nurse at the Hampshire County Lunatic Asylum. In 1905, Mary married Thomas Richard Foster, and resided at Landport, Portsmouth. Sidney never lived with his mother, Mary; instead, he was loved and cared for by his maternal grandparents, Edward Miles, a farm labourer, and Esther Miles (nee Edmunds), of West Mill Lane, Cricklade.
ALEXANDER LUCAS, a Private, 30195, for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1st Battalion, was killed in action, aged 19 years. He was born at Letterkenny, County Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland, the second son of George Lucas, a draper and boot merchant, and Margaret Lucas (nee Smith), of Main Street, Letterkenny.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Thomas James & Edith Mary Pipe, of 60, Schreiber Road, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 133, Spring Road, Ipswich.
Charles was 3 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Thomas James Pipe, 42, a Carpenter’s Foreman, born Otley, Suffolk.
Edith Mary Pipe (nee Warner), 33, born Gravesend, Kent.
Maud Edith Pipe, 7, born Ipswich.
Frederick Thomas Pipe, 5, born Ipswich.
Lettitia Alice Pipe, 4, born Ipswich.
Eleanor May Pipe, 1, born Ipswich.
1911 60, Schreiber Road, Ipswich.
Charles was 13 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Thomas, 52, a Carpenter – Builder.
Edith, 42.
Maud, 17, a General Domestic Servant.
Frederick, 15, a Telegraph Messenger – G.P.O.
Lettitia, 14.
Eleanor, 11.
Edward William Pipe, 6, born Ipswich.
Martha Annie Pipe, 4, born Ipswich.
Soldiers’ Effects to Thomas J. Pipe – father.
Charles is also remembered on the war memorial at St. John the Baptist Church, Ipswich.
2 Comments
We will remember Charles is my great uncle, Edward Pipe was my Grandad
Please note that to access Charles James Pipe (WW1) you have to click on Albert Edward Pipe and vice versa.
I have a picture of Charles as he was my great uncle and I have sent you a copy via email.
Well done for all the hard work and organisation to bring this all together.