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Southwater War Memorial
1939-1945
| Name |
Philip MITCHELL
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| Regiment |
Sapper 96403 156th Field Coy Royal Engineers
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| Died |
6th June 1916
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| Age |
40
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| Cemetery |
Vermelles British Cemetry, FRANCE III.D.22
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| Family |
Philip was born in 1876 at Copsale
His younger brother Alfred had earlier been buried age 5 months at Southwater Church in 1875
and his younger brother Albert was baptised here in 1878
he joined the army and served in India, earning the Punjab Frontier 1897-98 medal

He went to South Africa during the Boer War where he earned the Queen's 1902 Orange Free State Medal
He married at Lambeth in 1904 as a railway labourer to Amy Sullivan



Vermelles British Cemetery, FRANCE
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