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Captain The Hon. ROLAND ERASMUS PHILIPPS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 July 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

H. 32.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of the Rt. Hon. the 1st Viscount St. Davids, P.C., of 3, Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, London. His brother The Hon. Colwyn Erasmus Arnold Philipps also fell.
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 613
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