| Husband: | Frank 'Sonny' WHIPP (1908-1971) | |
| Wife: | Jenny 'Jean' PIKE (1903-2004) | |
| Children: | Brian John WHIPP | |
| David Martin WHIPP (1943-2024) | ||
| Status: | Separated | |
| Marriage | 9 Sep 1933 | Brighton Register Office |
Frank 'Sonny' WHIPP, Frank Whipp (2)
| Name: | Frank 'Sonny' WHIPP1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Thomas WHIPP (1851-1917) | |
| Mother: | Amy Eliza AMOS (1872-1958) | |
| Birth | 14 Dec 1908 | Hove, East Sussex |
| 5 Hove Street | ||
| Death | 19 Mar 1971 (age 62) | Brighton East Sussex |
| Cause: 1. Carcinomatosis. 2.Carcinoma Sigmoid Colon Address: Copper Cliff Hospice, Redhill Drive Occupation on Death certificate given as Barman with usual address as 27 Queen Victoria Avenue, Hove. (Address of sister Florence). Informant: Eric George Blunden - Nephew. |
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| Occupation | Teacher of Ballroom dancing/Barman | |
Jenny 'Jean' PIKE, Jean Whipp4
| Name: | Jenny 'Jean' PIKE1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | William (Bill) John PIKE (1875-1951) | |
| Mother: | Rebecca HALL (1876-1955) | |
| Birth | 10 Apr 1903 | Mile End Old Town, London1 |
| 10 Beaumont Street | ||
| Baptism | 5 Apr 1914 (age 10) | St Francis De Sales Deanery |
| Haringey. Westminster, London | ||
| Occupation | Dressmaker | |
| Religion | Roman Catholic | |
| Confirmation | 25 Apr 1915 (age 12) | |
| Death | 27 Apr 2004 (age 101) | Worthing, West Sussex |
| Elton Lodge Nursing Home, Selden Road Died 7.50 am |
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| Burial | 6 May 2004 | Hove Cemetery (North) |
| Old Shoreham Road, Hove, East Sussex Plot No. 282 lawn Section 17 |
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| Name: | Brian John WHIPP | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Lorna May RHODES | |
David Martin WHIPP, 2003, age 59
Spouse: Paula Mary BESAGNI, Paula Bezagni (Whipp)
| Name: | David Martin WHIPP | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Paula Mary BESAGNI (1946-2018) | |
| Birth | 24 May 1943 | Brighton East Sussex |
| Buckingham Road, Maternity Hospital Mother's address at time given as 16 Buckingham Road, Brighton |
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| Occupation | Sculptor Artist | |
| Marriage Count | 2 | |
| Death | 17 Jan 2024 (age 80) | Brighton Sussex |
| Cause: Pneumonia with Dementia and Myelodysplasia Address: Royal Sussex County Hospital Died 3.50 pm. Informant brother Brian Whipp |
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| Cremation | 19 Feb 2024 | Arun Crematorium |
| Grevatts Lane, Yapton, West Sussex BN18 0LW | ||
1939 Register Frank shown as married living at 3 Queens Square, Brighton, Sussex, whilst wife Jean was staying with married sister Josephine Bischoff at 24 Court Drive, Stanmore, Harrow, Middlesex.
Couple separated in 1943.
Known as Sonny. Father's profession given as Boatman. 1930 living with widowed mother in Basement flat of 4 Brunswick Terrace and 1931 at 14 St Nicholas Road, Brighton. Worthing Gazette 30th November 1938 states; "The Worthing Harriers' will stage a Amateur Foxtrot competion at the Pavilion which will be judged by Sonny Whipp and Jean Evans the well-known Professional couple, who will also give a demonstration of modern ballroom dancing". 1st March 1939 Sonny Whipp and Alice Werrall gave Ballroom dancing demonstration at the Esplanade Ballroom Portsmouth, (Portsmouth Evening News). Served in R.A.F. in WW2 enlisting at Blackpool 1st July 1940. Leading Aircraftman and Ground gunner. Service No. 1350877
Later known as Jean. Placed in until the age of 14.Lived with mother, step father and family in 104 Coborn Road, Bow. 1919 living in British Street, Mile End. When Mr & Mrs Smith moved to Brighton the family moved into No 1 Bancroft Road Mile End London. Later mother and elder daughters lived at 68 South Church Road Southend . About 1929 moved to various address'es in Brighton. 1930 and 1931 living at 16 Norfolk Road with mother and step father. Later at North Road and 76 West Street Mansions, West Street at time of marriage. 1941 living at 29 Park Crescent, Brighton but later dug out from home with son Brian when Bomb dropped in garden outside during WW2 . Also unable to move into new home in Addison Road Hove because of bomb damage.Separated from husband in 1943. Raising two sons on her own, she worked first from home as a dressmaker and later until age 63 in the 'rag Trade' as a 'passer'. From 1943 until 1994 lived first in ground floor then 1st floor flat 16 Buckingham Road Brighton. After that Sheltered/Care Homes in Brighton and Shoreham. Fractured hip and arm in February 2003 and recovered in Elton Lodge Care home. Received 100 year birthday greetings from Queen, Pensions Minister and Chair of Adur District Council. In attendance at funeral; Brian & Lorna Whipp. Christopher Whipp. Dawn Turrell (Whipp). Samantha, Keith & Hughie Johnston. David Whipp & Vanessa. Paula (Whipp), Ricardo Besagni (Whipp) and Maria Whipp. Lisa Whipp. Jenny & Natasha Whipp. Rosemary Lloyd, Dion Lloyd & Moira. Anthony Bischoff. Margo Aquino. Ray, Rosaline & Mandy Green. John and Sally Russell. Eric Blunden.
Spent some early years with elder sisters in R.C. Convent. 1921 census living a1 British Street, Poplar, London with mother and Thomas Palmer and siblings with surnames given as PALMER.
His early years as a sculptor developing his own style were a struggle, taking his ideas from life, be it an engine or an animal, recalling from memory exact details he observed, transforming into metal with vivid imagination, David had trained himself.
As a sculptor he was always striving to achieve better, finer work, never satisfied with any one piece, improving movement, feeling and texture, he had an unquenchable thirst to create.
Recognition of his talent started when he was sponsored by Lucy Wertheim art patron, whose protégés included Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.
Mrs Wertheim considered David a genius and helped him a great deal until her death in 1971.
David’s most famous pieces include ‘The Suffragette’
(1968), the ‘Maria Colwell Statue’ (November 1974), and the ‘West Pier’ an 18 ft. long sculpture of the doomed Victorian Brighton pier.
His exhibitions in this country and abroad were very successful. In Bermuda all his work exhibited were sold on the first day. In 1986 the Director of racing of the North American Championship ordered a model race car made by David to be presented as the Annual Trophy for the new Indy Car Series.
His extensive work is in many galleries and private homes around the world.
In his later years his sculptures, particularly his detailed models of pre and post war racing cars, have been sought by foreign collectors
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