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Private PHILIP THOMAS ALFRED FARMER

Service Number: 6143919
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

1/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1940

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELGEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row E. Grave 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Maud Farmer, of New Malden, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription HE ALWAYS PLAYED THE GAME
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELGEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 26
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