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Nationality
  
British

Class(es)
  
8 Metre

Name
  
Philip Falle


Philip Falle (sailor) Philip Falle Wikipedia

Full name
  
Philip Vernon le Geyt Falle

Born
  
19 March 1885 (
1885-03-19
)
Calcutta, British India

Died
  
2 January 1936(1936-01-02) (aged 50)Gibraltar

Philip Vernon le Geyt Falle (19 March 1885 – 2 January 1936) was a Jersey sailor who represented Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

He was born in British India and grew up in Saint Helier, Jersey. He was educated at Reading School in Berkshire. During World War I, he served in the Army Service Corps and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1916 Birthday Honours.

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