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Paymaster Lieutenant PHILIP ARTHUR COMPTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Cromer.

Date of Death

Died 09 November 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXXIII. H. 11.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick Arthur and Daisy Florence Compton; stepson of Mrs. D. E. Compton, of Muswell Hill, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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