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Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips

November 7, 1942

Military Service

Service Number:

R/79163

Age:

32

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

107 Sqn (RAF)

Additional Information

Son of Hunter Innis and Elsie (nee Milver) Phillips, of Simla, India. Educated in India, England and Canada where he settled in Martintown Ontario following his college degree in agriculture.

Commemorated on Page 106 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

WEVELGEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

Grave E. 434.

Location:

WEVELGEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY is located 22 Km east of Ieper town centre on the Meenseweg N8, connecting Ieper to Menen (Menin), Wevelgem and on to Kortrijk. Wevelgem is approached via the Meenseweg N8. From Ieper town centre the Meenseweg is located via Torhoutstraat and then right onto Basculestraat. Basculestraat ends at a main crossroads, directly over which begins the Meenseweg. The cemetery itself is located on the junction with the Moorselestraat and is accessed from from the N8 Vanackerstraat.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips– WO2 Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips' grave in Belgium

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    Photo of Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips – WO2 Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips' grave in Belgium
  • Photo of Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips– Memorial to the crew of the Douglas Boston erected at the scene of the crash in Belgium.

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    Photo of Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips – Memorial to the crew of the Douglas Boston erected at the scene of the crash in Belgium.
  • Grave marker– This is a picture of the gravestone of W02 Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips (R/79163). Died on 07 Nov 1942 during the crash of R.A.F. Douglas Boston III Z2157. The picture is taken in the cemetery of Wevelgem (Belgium).

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    Grave marker – This is a picture of the gravestone of W02 Neil Seymour Hunter Phillips (R/79163). Died on 07 Nov 1942 during the crash of R.A.F. Douglas Boston III Z2157. The picture is taken in the cemetery of Wevelgem (Belgium).

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