PL - John Reginald 'Rex' Philpott PoW Died

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Philpott, John Reginald 'Rex' Military Cross (Captain (Flt Commander))

Prisoner of War Died 1918-January-15

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date (age 24)

Born: Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England

John Nigel Philpott & Mary Florence Heygate

unmarried

Home: Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England

Decorations: Military Cross

Service
RFC

Unit
63 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base
Mesopotamia

Rank

Position
pilot

Service Numbers

Philpott, and Corporal W.H. Grant, his observer, were taken POW when the engine of Philpott's RE 8 failed and he was compelled to land. Philpott died of dysentery in captivity on 1918-01-15. Grant survived the war. Philpott had been recommended for the VC, but was awarded the MC, instead.

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Captain (Flt Commander) John Reginald 'Rex' Philpott was exhumed and reburied.

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Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England

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Armenian Cemetery, Afion Kara Hissar, Turkey

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British Army Cemetery
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