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212343 L/Cpl. Frederick Charles Sipson British Army 2nd Battalion, B Company. Royal Irish Fusiliers L/Cpl. Charles Frederick Sipson My Grandfather, Fred Sipson, transferred from the 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment to the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers on the 17/9/36 to the rank of fusilier serving with B Company and within 6 months earned the rank of L/Cpl. On the 3/1/38 he left the UK with the 2nd battalion to serve in Malta for 278 days and then on to Palestine in 9/10/38-29/3/39 for a total of 172 days. He served a further 4 years 73 days during the Siege of Malta until 10/6/43 where the Battalion was then relieved and sent to Egypt to recover from malnutrition and their ordeal. Fortunately my Grandfather was not chosen to go to Leros and was sent home from Egypt to the UK on the 30/5/44 in the wake of that fateful day that saw the decimation of the Battalion as POW's to Axis forces. Back in the UK the 2nd Battalion was reformed from elements of the Territorial Army battalion of the regiment who had not already seen service however never again during the war was the Battalion to see action and spent the remainder of the time at home. My Grandfather was then posted to the Infantry Training Centre in N.Ireland as permanent staff and spent many years as a training instructor, however my grandfather at the end of his posting had a growing family of his own and was requested to move back to the mainland UK, with the strain this would place on his family he decided to finish his full time service on the 17/9/59 having served 23 years and reaching the rank of Sergeant as the Army was his life he transferred to the Territorial Army the 5th Battalion Royal Irish fusiliers and continued training and administrating soldiers in the Banbridge Co Down branch until where he finally retired the Army on the 31/3/67 as a Colour Sergeant. Fred Sipson & friends Fred Sipson arriving in Malta Parade through Malta Steven Sipson Add to this record.  Related Content: 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers Siege of Malta Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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