Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914 Star (Lieut: C. R. Ripley. York: & Lanc: R.) overall pitting, therefore good fine £100-£150

M.I.D. London Gazette 7 April 1915.

Lieutenant Charles Roger Ripley, 3rd (attd. 2nd) Battn. York and Lancaster Regiment, who was killed in action near Lille on the 22nd October, 1914, was the son of the late Sir Frederick Ripley, Bart., and Katherine Lady Ripley, of Earl’s Avenue, Folkestone, and a grandson of Sir Henry Ripley, Bedstone Court, Shropshire. He was born at Scarborough on the 13th November, 1888. Educated at Farnborough School and Cheltenham College, he entered the Army as 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment in June, 1910, becoming Lieutenant in June, 1913, and joined the 2nd Battalion for active service at the commencement of the war. Lieutenant Ripley was mentioned for his services in the Great War in Sir John French’s Despatch of the 14th January, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. (Bond of Sacrifice refers).