Territorial Force War Medal 1914-1918 (28455 Pte. W. Tripp. E. York. R.)

Wounded-in-Action: Private Wilfred Tripp, 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, is confirmed having been 'Wounded-in-Action' in France & Flanders in 1917, when he received 'Gunshot & Shrapnel Wounds', or G.S.W., to his right foot and leg. He was admitted to the 2nd General Hospital on, 4 May 1917, and discharged from hospital on 12 May 1917 (reference TNA file series MH 106/975 series, viz British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers' Medical Records 1917. The referenced record shows that on being discharged from the 2nd General Hospital, he was transferred to the Hospital Ship 'Warilda' for evacuation to England

Hospital Ship 'Warilda': In August 1915, the SS Warilda was requisitioned by the Commonwealth and fitted out as a transport ship. HMAT Warilda made two trips to Egypt and one to England, carrying more than 7,000 troops. Following the Warilda’s conversion to a hospital ship in July 1916, she spent a few months stationed in the Mediterranean, before being put to work transporting patients across the English Channel. Between late 1916 and August 1918 she made over 180 trips from Le Havre to Southampton, carrying approximately 80,000 patients.The Hospital Ship 'Warilda' was subsequently torpedoed and sank by enemy U-Boat action on, 3 August 1918

Medal(s) verification: No. 28455 Private Wilfred Tripp, 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, is confirmed entitled to the Territorial Force War Medal together with a British War Medal (silver issue) & Interallied Victory Medals for his services in the Great War, per the below following referenced medal rolls of the East Yorkshire Regiment

- British War Medal (Silver): WO 329/920, shown as serving with 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/920, shown as serving with 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
- Territorial Force War Medal: WO 329/3262, shown as serving with 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment

Wilfred Tripp, son of John Tripp (Oil Mill Foreman) and Elizabeth Tripp (nee Townend) was a native of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire. England, where he was born on, 7 December 1889. By the time of the compilation of the 1911 National Census for England & Wales, Wilfred, a General Labourer/ Seed Crusher, is recorded living with his widowed mother and several siblings at, 20 Popple Street, Hull. In 1914, Wilfred was a member of the Territorial Force, and volunteered for overseas service, subsequently serving in France & Flanders with the 8th (Service) Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment. The 1st June 1917, editions of the local Hull newspapers, reported Wilfred's 'Wounds-in-Action' received in France - the casualty lists showing an appallingly high proportion of the killed and wounded being pre-war local residents of 'Hull'. Post-war Wilfred returned to his Yorkshire roots, and some time during the first quarter of 1931, married, Anna Maria Cawkwell, at Sculcoates, Yorkshire. The National Register for England & Wales compiled in 1939, records Wilfred , employed as an 'Oil Mill Labourer', and living together with his wife, Anna Maria Tripp at their residence located at, 2 Adas Terrace, Hull. Wilfred is reported to have died at Holderness. Yorkshire, England, sometime during the fourth quarter of 1959

Reference 'The Great War Medal Collectors Companion' (Williamson, 2011), it is estimated that only 71 x Territorial Force War Medals were issued to 'All-Ranks' of the East Yorkshire Regiment, comprising 23 x Officers & 48 x 'Other-Ranks'

A scarce seen Great War campaign medal to the East Yorkshire Regiment

Condition: GVF

Code: 24267