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• Name GREG
• Initials RP
• First name ROBERT PHILIPS
• Place of birth Bolton
• Country Lancashire, England
• Last residence Handforth, Cheshire
• Family Second son of Lt. Col. Ernest William Greg, C.B., and Marian Greg (nee Cross), of Norcliffe Hall, Handforth, Cheshire; two sisters, Margaret and Helen; one older brother, Arthur, KIA 23 April 1917;
• Education Rugby School
• Profession Recent graduate

Military service

• Rank Second Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 11th Bn. Cheshire Regiment
• Division - Brigade 75th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 25th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 16 April 1918; received his commission in the 4th Res. Bn. the Cheshire Regt., T.F.; posted to the 11th Bn. on arrival in France.

Death

• Type of wounds Killed in a dug-out, shell bursting directly upon it
• Date of death 3 May 1918
• Died at the age of 19
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVIII - E - 20A

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