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Sep 30, 1893
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Born in Fenelon Falls, Ontario to Reuben and
Maggie (nee Peterson) Tripp
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Jun 10, 1914
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Married to Annie Matthews in Bobcaygeon, Ontario
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Feb 2, 1916
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Attested into the 109th Battalion CEF
in Bobcaygeon, Ontario
Ø Number 725600
Ø Next of kin given as Annie
Tripp, wife, Bobcaygeon, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Labourer
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as Methodist
Ø Assigned to “C” Company
In the spring of 1916, the 109th Battalion went to Camp
Borden near Barrie for advanced training
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Jul 23, 1916
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Embarked the SS Olympic in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Jul 31, 1916
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Disembarked in Liverpool, England and proceeded
to the Bordon Camp, near Longmoor, Hampshire
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Aug 16, 1916
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The battalion moved to Bramshott to continue
training
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Oct 5, 1916
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
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Oct 6, 1916
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Arrived at the CBD (Canadian Base Depot) in the
Rouelles Camp, Havre, France as part of a draft of 917 reinforcements from
England and TOS (Taken On Strength) the 21st Battalion
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Oct 22, 1916
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After leaving the base depot he joined the 21st
Battalion in billets in Bully Grenay, France and was assigned to No. 16
Platoon, “D” Company
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May 9, 1917
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“C” and “D” Companies were participating in a
Trench Raid under the command of the 20th Battalion. The raid was to be supported by an
artillery barrage but the attack was more successful than anticipated and
while occupying the German trench, they came under an artillery barrage by
their own side. Private James Tripp
was buried by the explosion of one of those shells and he died before he
could be dug out. Because of the
constant allied artillery barrage, the men had to withdraw and leave his body
behind. Private James Albert Tripp’s
body was never recovered and his name is etched on the walls of the Canadian
National Vimy Memorial, Vimy Ridge, France, for those killed during the war
in France and have no known grave.
Following the war, the British War Medal, Victory
Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny), Scroll and Memorial Cross were sent to his
widow, Mrs. Annie Windover, Orillia, Ontario (she had remarried)
A second Memorial Cross was sent to his mother,
Mrs. Margaret Tripp, Bobcaygeon, Ontario
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From the 1935 summer
edition of The Communiqué
(the 21st Battalion’s post war newsletter)
James Albert Tripp
is honoured on the Fenelon Falls, Ontario War Memorial,
above, and the Bobcaygeon, Ontario War Memorial, below
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