Name
Percy Frederick Phillpot
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
24/04/1941
33
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
1720848
Royal Artillery
381 Bty., 120 H.A.A. Regt.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HITCHIN CEMETERY
West Extn. Grave 755.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, Hitchin Roll of Honour 1939 – 1945 (Book) St Mary’s Church, Hitchin
Biography
He was born in Hertfordshire and before joining up he was the manager of the Hermitage Halls in Hitchin. At the time he enlisted he was a resident of Hertfordshire. His Service Number was 1720848 and he served in 381 Battery of the 120th Anti-Aircraft Regiment
He died whilst in the forces and the funeral was at the Congregational Church, Hitchin and he is buried in Grave 755 West Extension in Hitchin Cemetery. The circumstances of his death have not been discovered.
He was the son of William and Emily Phillpot and the husband of Eileen Winifred. His home was at 6, Pulters Way, Hitchin.
Acknowledgments
David C Baines – ‘Hitchin’s Century of Sacrifice’, Paul Johnson - local historian, Herts Pictorial dated 29th April 1941
