Philip James Meers
(1898-1919)

Philip James Meers ⁵

Born: Jun Q 1898, London, London, England
Died: 6 Dec 1919, Dardoni, Waziristan, Pakistan aged 21
Buried: Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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bullet General Notes:

Phillip was a Captain in the Punjab Regiment. He never maried.
Info ex Dorri Roughley:-
* He appeared on the census in 1901 in 10 Vanbrugh Park Road, Greenwich.
* He served in the military 2/69 Punjabi Regiment in 1919 in North West Frontier, India.
He never married and had no children.

bullet Birth Notes:

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=XsrsV5k68Lc%2Ff23fAu1J1g&scan=1
Greenwich RD.

bullet Burial Notes:

http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1437538

Name: MEERS, PHILIP JAMES
Initials: P J
Nationality: Indian
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: 69th Punjabis
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 06/12/1919
Additional information: Son of James Blackader Meers and Ada Josephine Meers, of 22, Stafford Terrace, Kensington, London. (Buried Bannu Cem. 2. 16. 4.).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 26.
Memorial: DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• General Comment. His name is Philip on the GRO index.

• General Comment. ²³ Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1901 in 10 Vanbrugh Park Road, Greenwich.
• He appeared as a Student on the census on 2 Apr 1911 in 11 Arundel Gardens, Notting Hill, Kensington, London.
• He served in the military 2/69 Punjabi Regiment in 1919 in North West Frontier, India.
• He served in the military from 1916 to 1919. 3 Cheshire Regiment -Lieutenant 2/69 Punjabis (J.A.) - Lieutenant, acting Captain.

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Philip James Meers ⁵