Richard Phipps – Welsh Regiment
Private Richard Phipps – Welsh Regiment The final military burial at St Peter’s Church, Cockett is that of Private Richard Phipps , who served with the Welsh Regiment during the closing years of the Second World War and its aftermath. Early Life and Family Background Richard Phipps was born in 1902 in Swansea , the son of George Phipps and Lucy Stanbury , who married in 1889 in Swansea. 1911 Census The 1911 Census records the Phipps family living at 56 Carmarthen Road, Swansea , where George Phipps , a 49‑year‑old dock labourer born in Pembrokeshire, resided with his wife Lucy , aged 44. Their household included their children: William John , 21, employed as a Beltman at the Patent Fuel Works; Edward James , 18, a Fuel Worker at the same works; George , 16, a Messenger Boy with the Stationery Staff; Joseph , 11; Richard , 9; and Mary Elizabeth , 7, the younger three all attending school. The census presents a picture of a busy working‑class Swansea household shaped by indus...
