In Memory Of

PHILPOT, JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 1886-01-11
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 253rd Coy.
Regiment:
 Royal Engineers
Date of Death:
 1916-02-25
Cause of Death:
 Died of gas poisoning. The poison gas had penetrated a mine in the trenches, and several of its occupants were overcome by it. Mr. Philpot insisted on going into the mine to take his part in trying to rescue the sufferers; but he was soon in the same condition as the others, and expired before the rescue party could reach him
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 II. E. 11.
Cemetery:
 VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Frederick Freeman Philpot and Margaret Magdalene Philpot, of East Molesey, Surrey. He was an Old Carthusian, and received his professional education at the Royal School of Mines. He went to Rhodesia in 1913, and for over two years held an appointment on the Gaika Mine at Que Que, relinquishing it to join the Royal Engineers in 1915. Mr. Philpot was admitted to Studentship, of the Institution in 1908. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918