Frederick Reginald Phipps

Major Frederick Reginald Phipps OBE A.M. Inst. C.E. F.S.I. (7 March 1875 – 9 January 1927) was Senior Engineering Inspector at the Ministry of Transport between 1924 and 1927.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] After World War I he was awarded the OBE having served as officer in charge of the 311th Road Construction Company in the R.E. under Sir Henry Maybury, and as Deputy Assistant Director of Roads[8] in the XV Corps.[1][4][5][6]

Life

Frederick Reginald Phipps was born on 7 March 1875, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Phipps.[1] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and King Edward's School, Birmingham.[1]

In 1893, Phipps became pupil and assistant to the borough surveyor of Tewkesbury.[1] In 1897 he was appointed engineering assistant to the City Engineer of Worcester and from 1903 to 1914 he served as borough engineer in Basingstoke.[1]

During World War I Phipps served under Brigadier-General Sir Henry Maybury as officer in charge of the 311th Road Construction Company, Royal Engineers, being later promoted to D.A.D. Roads, XV Corps,[8] with rank as Major[8] and was awarded the OBE.[1]

Upon the establishment of the Ministry of Transport in 1920, Phipps was appointed an engineering inspector[9] and, in 1924, was made Senior Engineering Inspector of the Ministry, a position he held until his sudden death on 9 January 1927 in Surbiton.[1][10][11][7] Phipps left a widow, Lucy Phipps, and four children.[1][10]

References
  1. Obituary in The Times, Major F. R. Phipps, 12 January 1927, p.17
  2. The Engineer, Jan-Jun 1927 Obituaries
  3. "The Engineer 1927 Jan-Jun: Obituaries".
  4. "Frederick Reginald Phipps".
  5. "Surveyor".
  6. "The Municipal Journal and Public Works Engineer".
  7. "Ferro-concrete".
  8. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30429/supplement/13151/data.pdf
  9. "Roads and Road Construction".
  10. "Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records at Ancestry.co.uk".
  11. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32205/page/694/data.pdf


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