DELVILLE WOOD

LONGUEVAL - SOMME - FRANCE

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VARENNES MILITARY CEMETERY

Somme, France

Edward William

PHILPOTT

Grave I.E.24.

Son of Mr and Mrs Korsten-Philpott, of Wynberg (Source : C.W.G.C.).

74th Siege Battery, South African Heavy Artillery

Died of wounds on the 27th October 1916. The Battery was at Colincamp since the 7th October 1916 in a position really untenable for a heavy battery, without cover and a favourite target for the German artillery.