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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 27, 1921
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
May 8, 1942
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 22, 1944
In the field, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. E. 5.
Additional information
Son of John M. and Mabel A. Philp, of Islington, Ontario, Canada
Additional citations
Mentioned in Despatches
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Photo of David Martin Philp
Lieutenant Philp enlisted in the Army in May 1942 and trained as a Signals Officer (RCACS). He was attached to The Queen's Own Rifles in April 1943 and was with the Regiment as Signals Officer on D-Day. He was in the process of leaving for a new posting at 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade as Signals Officer when he was wounded by shell fire and died shortly thereafter. -
Gravemarker for David Martin Philp
This photo of Lieutenant Philp's grave at Bayeux War Cemetery was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, on a visit to France with the Regiment in June 1997. -
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From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
This stone stele is located in the chapel of Trinity College in the University of Toronto. “AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE”, “TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS”. Photo: Mana Sadeghipour, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto. -
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From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Martin Philp
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Martin Philp
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Martin Philp
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Martin Philp
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Martin Philp
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Martin Philp
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Martin Philp
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Martin Philp
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant David Martin Philp
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 417 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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