Person    | Male  Born 6/12/1962  Died 20/7/1982

Trooper Simon Andrew Tipper

Categories: Armed Forces, Tragedy

Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this soldier:
Born Kidderminster, Worcestershire. In June 1982 he married Louise Croxson in Wandsworth. He died at the scene of the Hyde Park bomb explosion, age 19 years. His helmet is on display at the Household Cavalry Museum, Horse Guards, Whitehall.

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Trooper Simon Andrew Tipper

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Hyde Park bomb

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