Marine Philip Titmuss died during operations at Walcheren, Holland. Son of James and Violet Mary Titmuss, of Lilley, Bedfordshire. Marine Titmuss was part of a patrol travelling in a convoy of 4 amphibious Buffaloes sent to Veere on the North East of Walcheren Island, and was among the twenty fatal casualties when one struck a submerged explosive device.
Sources CWGC Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/138. Interviews with Mnes. Jack Desmond and Bert Skinner in Ken Ford's book DDay Commando - From Normandy to the Maas with 48RMCommando.