Private Alfred Tipping MM
17710 9th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Killed in Action 22nd November 1916
Enlisted in Burnley, lived at 66 Adamson Street, Padiham
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France
Burnley Express 11th November 1916 - 12th January 1918

MM London Gazette 21st September 1916 Page 9204

"It had only been ten weeks since he had been wounded in his back and legs, getting out of a trench under shell and machine gun fire, to bring in the wounded from no mans land. He returned to the trenches at Butte de Warlencourt, where he lost his life. Alfred also attended St Leonard’s school where he is also remembered on the memorial park
cenotaph"

(Courtesy of his great nephew Michael Hill)

Brother Pte 17332 George Tipping KIA 22/09/15 F&F.Another brother Thomas was killed at Habergham Pit in 1904.