Grave: Enclosure No. 2 I. E. 1

An inscribed Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial headstone commemorating Lieutenant Philip C. Starr.

LT Starr was born in Chicago in 1890.  He attended Cornell and Harvard Colleges. In 1916 joined the Canadian Army and served with the 150th Field Company of the Royal Engineers, British Army in France.  He was killed in action on February 20, 1918 in the Ypres (Ieper) battlefield.

He is buried in the Bedford House CWGC Cemetery and a cenotaph remembers him in Chicago, Illinois.

Son of Merritt and Leila W. Starr, of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. One of the Harvard Vanguard entering Canadian Service in 1916.

LIEUTENANT

PHILIP COMFORT STARR

ROYAL ENGINEERS

20 FEBRUARY 1918

ONE OF AMERICAN HARVARD VANGUARD ENTERING CANADIAN SERVICE IN 1916