| Surname(s) | Rees |
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| First name(s) | Phillip Alan |
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| Family details | Son of Daniel Rowland Rees and Gertrude Maude Rees, of Dorridge, Warwickshire. |
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| College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
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| Dates at college | 1935-1936 |
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| Dept / course | Faculty of Medicine (LDS) |
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| Qualifications | M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. |
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| Military unit | RNVR HMS Beverley |
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| War / conflict | World War Two (1939-1945) |
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| Date of death | 11/04/1943 |
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| Age at death | 25 |
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| Rank at death | Surgeon Lieutenant |
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| Cause of death | Missing at sea |
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| Commemoration(s) | King’ s College Chapel; Portsmouth Naval Memorial |
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| Notes | H.M.S. Beverley was assigned to Escort Group B-4 of the Mid-Ocean Escort Force for convoys. On 9 April while escorting a Convoy she collided with the steamship Cairnvolona in bad weather and had her anti-submarine and degaussing gear put out of action. Two days later she was torpedoed by U-188 commanded by Kapitä nleutnant Siegfried Lü dden, and sank with the loss of 139 members of her crew, including her commanding officer. |
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| Sources | King’ s College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Wikipedia |
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