Born in 1882 at Ferndale Road Leytonstone, son of Charles (Fruiterer/Greengrocer) and Henrietta Kipping. 1891: With his family at 13 Upton Lane, West Ham. 1896: His mother Henrietta died. 1901: An Assistant Fruiterer living with his brother Charles at 15 Upton Lane, West Ham. 1911: A Fruiterer boarding with John William Johnson at 1 St James Gardens, St James Lane, Muswell Hill. His Will gives an address of 2 High Street, Wanstead. He later emigrated to Australia where he lived at 84 Grafton Street, Woollahra, Sydney and worked as a Farmer.
He enlisted in the Australian Army on 30th September 1914 at Rosehill Camp, Sydney, New South Wales. In April 1915 he joined the Middle East Force in Alexandria before landing at Anzac Cove Gallipoli on 25th April 1915. There on 2nd May 1915 he sustained a gunshot wound to his left leg and right thigh, returning to his unit on 15th August 1915 after treatment.
13 Battalion took part in the assault on Hill 60 from 21st August 1915, in which some ground was gained, but at a very high cost in casualties. The Battalion, including “A” Company to which Frederick belonged attacked again from Australia Gully at 16.00 on 27th August 1915, after which he was found to be missing. A Corporal Shadell was later reported by Private J Alexander to have seen him dead on the battlefield. Like his brother, the remains of Frederick Kipping were not recovered.
It is uncertain whether he lived in Woodford, though his parents and some siblings were here in 1911, and his brother Henry William Kipping (discharged from the Army due to injury) lived at 61 Grove Hill, South Woodford during and after the war. This is the likely source of his name (along with that of his brother Ralph) appearing on the Parish Church Memorial.
Both Frederick and Ralph are commemorated at the base of the cross on the family gravestone at the City of London Cemetery.
Research by Adrian Lee, local Historian
Principal Sources:
Ancestry.com
Australian National Archives & War Memorial