Werner Horst Philippsen – born in Berlin, Germany, on 11th September 1915
Profession in country of origin: Clerk
Arrived in Britain as a refugee from Germany in 1939
Documents
Male enemy alien - Exemption from internment - Refugee
Surname: Philippsen
Forename: Werner Horst
Alias: -
Date and place of birth: 11/09/1915 in Berlin
Nationality: German
Police Regn. Cert. No.: 711 021
Home Office ref: C 2132
Address: Kitchener camp, Richborough, Sandwich, Kent
Normal occupation: Clerk
Present occupation:
Name and address of employer: -
Decision of tribunal: Exempted "C" & 9A
Date 10.10.1939
Whether exempted from Article 6(A): Yes
Whether desires to be repatriated: No
Richborough camp Tribunal no. 3
Source: National Archives, Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index, 1939-1947.
Editor’s note: We are not allowed to reproduce National Archives images, but we are permitted to reproduce information from them.
Werner H Philipsen, Service number 13800803
Rank: Private
Regiment: Pioneer Corps
Birth place: Germany
Residence: Kent
Date of death: 17 September 1942
Source: Army Roll of Honour 1939-45, Naval and Military Press, 2010
Photographs
Photographs submitted by Rachel Richardson for her grandfather Werner Philippsen