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Marine WILLIAM ROBERT (WILLIE) PHILLIPS

Service Number: RME/13532
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marine Engineers

Date of Death

Died 24 December 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY

3. B. 6.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William H. Phillips and Kate Phillips, of Port Tennant, Swansea.
  • Personal Inscription BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES OF WILLIE, OUR DEARLY BELOVED SON AND BROTHER R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 621
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