The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal F T Philpott

Inscription - "THY WILL BE DONE"

Photograph by "Digger"

Lance Corporal Frederick Thomas PHILPOTT, G/39448, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 8388, Essex Regiment), killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 21st September 1918, age 32.

Born Luton, Bedfordshire.

1906 December, Biscot, Bedfordshire, Frederick Thomas Philpott, married May Munt (father William Munt).

1911 Census - 10 Oak Road, Luton, Bedfordshire - Frederick Thomas Philpott, head, age 25, married, blocker, straw hats, worker, born Luton, Bedfordshire; *May Philpott, wife, age 23, married 4 years, 3 children, all still alive, sewing machinist, straw hats, worker, at home, born Amwell, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire; **Francis William Philpott, son, age 3, born Limbury, Bedfordshire; ***Gladys Mary/May Philpott, daughter, age 2, born Limbury, Bedfordshire; ****Ellen Grace Philpott, daughter, age 1, born Luton, Bedfordshire.

*born 27th June 1887. **born 18th May 1907. ***born 25th April 1908. ****born 18th December 1909.

Children - Violet Francis Philpott, born 3rd March 1912.

Enlisted Luton, Bedfordshire.

Buried at Unicorn Cemetery, IV. C. 8., Vend'huile, France. Commemorated Luton, Bedfordshire War Memorial.

According to The National Roll of the Great War - PHILPOTT F.T. L/Corporal, 6th Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) - He joined in October 1916, and after serving at various stations was drafted overseas in July 1918. He served in France in the heavy fighting at Bullecourt, Passchendaele and Arras, in the Allied advance of that year, and was reported missing on September 21st. Later he was presumed to have been killed in action on that date, and was entitled to the General Seervice & Victory Medals.

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