Capt. Maurice Lupton

LUPTON, MAURICE

• Rank: Captain
• Date of Death: 19/06/1915
• Age: 28
• Regiment/Service: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 7th Bn.
• Grave Reference: I. O. 2.
• Cemetery: RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
• Additional Information: Son of Francis Martineau Lupton and Harriet Albina Lupton, of Leeds. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/298675/LUPTON,%20MAURICE Maurice Lupton was born in Potternewton, Leeds to Francis Martineau and Harriet Albina Davis Lupton. He was one of three sons, all killed in France during WWI. Captain Lupton was the first to be killed in action by sniper fire in the trenches of Lille on 19 June, 1915.∼Maurice Lupton was born in Potternewton, in a Township, near Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Maurice was born to Francis Martineau Lupton, and Harriet Albina Lupton (nee Davis.

Educated at Rugby School from May 1902 to 1906 and at Trinity College, U of Cambridge (BA, 1909)

Before the war was Workshop Manager of Hathorn, Davey & Co., Engineers at Leeds

In February 1909 he was gazetted to the Leeds Rifles, TF Promoted to Lieutenant in 1911

On the 1st May 1913, he was gazetted Captain, in to the 7th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. ( Leeds Rifles)

On the 15th April 1915, Captain Maurice Lupton, entrained with the 1/7th Battalion, the Leeds Rifles (TF) with the 49th Division.

Captain Maurice Lupton was shot, and killed, by a snipers bullet in the trenches at Lille on 19 June 1915, aged 27, after, only 2 months at the front.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 3 2020, 7:24:22 UTC