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Leading Airman LAURENCE PHILIP EDWARD PORTER

Service Number: SR/16224
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Grebe.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXIX. E. 15.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert Edward and Gertrude Eve Porter, of Purley, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription DIED FOR ENGLAND. "VINCIT QUI PATITUR" IN UNDYING REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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