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Stoker 2Nd Class JOHN JOSEPH PHILPIN

Service Number: C/KX137149
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Lanka.

Date of Death

Died 26 February 1942

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot 6C. Row G. Grave 19.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry J. Philpin and Lydia E. Philpin, of Barking, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription IN DEEPEST LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON JOHN. MUM, DAD AND FAMILY
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