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Location
In St Luke's Cemetery, Bembridge, Isle of Wight Description Private headstone. |
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Headstone
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Inscription
BRIG.-GEN. LEWIS FRANCIS PHILIPS C.B. C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. AND G CROWN BELGIUM KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS S AFRICAN WAR 1899 - 1902 GREAT WAR AUG 1914 - 1919 5TH SON OF J W PHILIPS OF NEYBRIDGE STAFFS BORN 4TH OCT 1870 DIED 22ND OCT 1938 Further Information Although not a war memorial as such, this inscription is included since Brig-Gen Philips was the father of N L Philips, who died during the Second World War, and who is commemorated on the Bembridge War Memorial and in Holy Trinity Church. |