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Full name
  
David Carswell Philip

Place of birth
  
Dundee, Scotland

Playing position
  
Half back

Date of birth
  
1880

Place of death
  
Pas-de-Calais, France

Died
  
Pas-de-Calais, France

Date of death
  
29 April 1917 (aged 36–37)

David Carswell Philip (1880 – 29 April 1917) was a Scottish professional football half back who played in the Scottish League for Heart of Midlothian, Raith Rovers and Leith Athletic.

Personal life

Philip served as an enlisted man in the Royal Scots during the First World War. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers on 2 April 1917 and was killed less than a month later, near Arras, France, on 29 April 1917. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.

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