Service Details
Name:
 PHILPOTT
Given Name:
 KENNETH GEORGE
Initials:
 K G
Rank:
 Civilian
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Regiment:
 Civilian War Dead
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-23
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Age:
 12
Cause of Death:
 Sunk by the German Submarine U-615, north of the Azores. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to East London, South Africa with 10,555 tons of general cargo and Government stores. Twenty crew, six gunners and six passengers were lost.
Additional
Information:
Son of the Revd. Robert H. Philpott, of the Manse, Welgelegen Road, Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa, and of Annie Philpott. His brother also died
Commemoration
Country:
 Lost at Sea
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Cemetery:
 M.V. "EMPIRE STAR"
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