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231116

Ld.Str. W. Phillips

Royal Naval Reserve HMS Vivid

from:Arklow, Co. Wicklow

(d.3rd June 1917)

Leading Stoker W. Phillips was 40 when he died. He is buried in the Arklow Cemetery. He was the husband of Husband of Annie Phillips, of 1, Ferry Bank, Arklow.




223881

Rflman. Walter Arthur Phillips MM.

British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade

from:Newington, London,

(d.13th Oct 1917)

Walter Phillips was born on 13th September 1888, the son of Walter and Minnie Phillips in Walworth Common, London. He joined up early in the war in London and was killed in action in October 1917. He saw service in Ypres, Arras and the Somme. He, along with thousands of others, showed great courage in what can only be described as a horror story. Rest well Walter you are not forgotten.




206244

Rfm. William Phillips

British Army 6th Btn. London Regiment

from:31 Holly Road, Hampton Hill, Middlesex

My step grandfather, William Phillips was born in Milton,Gravesend in Kent on 20.6.1892. He was posted to France on 24.12.1916 with the 6th Londons. He was blown up by a shell and had abdominal pain. He was sent to Huddersfield War Hospital and subsequently sent back to France. He sufferred from inhaling gas on five occasions but managed to see the war out and was discharged on 11.3.1919.and sent home. He married my grandmother on 28.12.1915 and lived until 29.9.1973.




235244

Pte. William Henry Phillips

British Army 2/8th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment

from:Ombersley, Worcestershire

My great grandad William Phillips was captured while serving with the 2/8th Worcestershire Regiment at Fayet on 21st of March 1918. He was held at Stendal POW camp until the end of the war.




237640

Rflmn. William Phillips

British Army 1st Btn. A Company King's Royal Rifle Corps

from:Chelsea, London

(d.17th Feb 1917)

William Phillips was my Great Uncle. He was 26 when he died. A red cross representative recorded the following details of his fate.

"He came from Chelsea & was a mucking in chum of mine. He was lying near me when he was killed. We were in shell holes. They counter attacked and we fell back into some short pieces of trenches. Two bodies were dragged back as we fell back. Then I saw S/Bs taking the papers off them and I asked who they were, it was Phillips and I think Myers, or a name like that. I knew him very well but they were so covered with mud that I could not recognize him but I saw his pay book and had no doubt about him. I helped to pull him through, out of the mud. And I saw him buried in a shell hole at Miraumont It was practically in the line and I do not suppose that I could find the place again myself. The other man was buried with him. He used always to be talking to me about his Mother and Sisters. He was a very nice quiet fellow who would share everything with you. I have shared many of his parcels a very decent fellow. There were not many of us Londoners in the Company so we naturally drifted together. He lived at Norman Road, Kings, Road, Chelsea." Informant Rfn. James 25306 On Ambulance Train. Calais 9 xxx (page torn)




245129

Cpl. William Henry Phillips

British Army 9th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment

(d.3rd November 1918)

Harry Phillips served with the 9th Gloucestershire Regiment.




246938

Stkr. Edmund Phillipson

Royal Navy HMS Bittern

from:Preston

(d.4th April 1918)




300164

Pte. Thomas Phillipson

British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry




234092

Pte. Edward Phillpott

British Army 6th Btn East Kent Regiment

from:London

(d.1st Apr 1918)

Edward Phillpott was my 2nd Great Grand Uncle and the only relative I know of who served and died in WWI.




257896

Pte. Wlliam Walter Phillps

British Army 5th Battalion South Wales Borderers

from:Pontardulais

William Philips was a miner before the war and was released from the army early to return to the mines.




207045

A/S/Sjt. John Henry Philo

British Army 70th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps

John Philo was born 1879 in Camberwell. He joined the 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment (Militia) and then in 1902 joined the Border Regiment as a Lance Corporal and served in Burma. In 1905 he transferred to the reserves and then in 1909 transferred to the RAMC reserves. On the 13th July 1914 he was discharged from the reserves, but was Called up on 1st September 1914. He married in 1915.




239879

Pte. Hugh Philp

British Army 8th Btn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

from:St Andrews, Scotland

(d.9th April 1917)




238718

Pte. C. W. Philpot

British Army 1st Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps

from:Hackney




234072

Sgt. George Philpott

British Army 8th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

from:Belfast

(d.2nd May 1916)

George Phillpot died two months before the birth of his daughter Elizabeth. He left behind a widow and 3 children (including Elizabeth). She grew up never knowing a father.




222048

Pte. Francis J. Phippen

British Army 12th Btn. London Regiment

from:East Ham, London

(d.21st Jul 1916)

The only information we have on Francis is a postcard sent to two of his brothers (undated and date stamp unreadable): "Dear Rob & Fred, How are you getting on? We are going to Roehampton near Richmond before long, I think on Thursday. You must write to me when we are moved. From your loving brother Frank."

We also have a telegram dated August 16th stating: "12176 Inform R Phippen Twentysix Regent St Yarraville Victoria Private 1648 F G Phippen vipsani dictators jeremiad. Prelicas 10 6A MC 12th Bath County of London Reg".

Francis died on 21st July 1916 in France (details unknown) and is buried in Warlincourt Halte Military Cemetery, Saulty, Calais.




234870

Sto.2 A. Phipps

Royal Navy HMS Bristol

(d.26th March 1915)

Stoker 2nd Class Phipps was buried in the Magallanes Fiscal Cemetery in Chile.




217879

Pte. Alfred Phipps MM.

British Army 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment

from:Oldbury, West Midlands

(d.29th Sep 1918)

My grandad Alfred Phipps served with the 4th Worcestershire Regiment. He went to war without meeting my mother, because he returned to the front early in 1918 and was killed in the September that year, my mom was born in the June that year, that same year in August he was awarded the MM for bravery in the field .




238030

Mjr. Constantine James Phipps MC, DSO.

British Army 2nd Divisional Signals Royal Engineers

Major C.J. Phipps, was a Company Commander with 2nd Divisional Signals and had spent most of the war with unit, he died of the flu in February 1919 and was buried in Duren. Jack Laburn kept his photo and obituary with his own war memorabilia.




214893

L/Cpl Frank Herbert Phipps

British Army 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards

from:Cowley, Oxford

(d.13 April 1918)

Frank Phipps, the son of Mr and Mrs Frederick Phipps of Cowley, Oxford, was an 18 year old electrician when he signed on with the Coldstream Guards in October 1916. After completing basic training at Caterham, he was posted with the 3rd Battalion to France in May 1917. He died of a 'penetrating wound to the chest' sustained at the Battle of Hazebrouck on 13 April 1918. He died in 13 General Hospital, BEF, Boulogne, France, and is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.

'He Fought for King and Country and Died a Hero's Death' is the inscription on his memorial headstone.




257343

Spr Herbert George Phipps

British Army 66th Field Company Royal Engineers

(d.17th August 1915)

Herbert Phipps was my maternal grandfather and he volunteered when he was in his mid thirties. He died in Gallipoli but how he died was a well kept secret in the family. He left a widow and 4 small daughters. All his letters home were burnt for some reason. I would just like to know what happened to him.




220831

Pte. James Phipps

British Army 7th Battalion South Staffordshire

from:Aston, Birmingham

(d.27th Sep 1916)

I have only recently found out this information about my partner's great grandfather, James Phipps. The family story is that he was hit by the fall out from a shell which de-capitated him. This story was relayed by a returning soldier who knew James' family. His name appears on the Thiepval Monument




238432

Pte. Leonard William Phipps

British Army 21st Btn. Middlesex Regiment

from:Summerstown

(d.23rd March 1918)

Leonard Phipps was an uncle I never knew.




261285

Pte. George Phipson

British Army 1st Btn. Cheshire Regiment

from:Lye, Stourbridge

(d.25th Sep 1917)

Records show that George Phipson was serving in France and Flanders and that he died on 25th of September 1917. His older brother William was killed the previous year in what is now Iraq.




261278

Pte. William Phipson

British Army 9th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment

from:Lye, Stourbridge

(d.20th Apr 1916)

Records show that William Phipson died of wounds whilst serving in Mesopotamia on 20th of April 1916. He is buried at the Almara Pt II Cemetery, in Maysan, Iraq. He left behind a wife and four young children.




446

D. S. Phorson

Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry




300878

Capt. D. S. Phorson

British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry




264438

Pte. Arthur Edwin Pick

British Army 7th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment

from:Hull

(d.20th Jun 1916)




226228

Pte,. Claude Pickard

British Army 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders

(d.3rd May 1917)




228758

Pte. Claude Ernest Pickard

British Army 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders

from:Yorkshire

(d.3rd May 1917)

My great great grandfather's brother was Claude Pickard, who was only 22 when he died in May 1917. As far as I know, he had a friend he enlisted with, and we know certain things about the family and our ancestors but for the most part his life remains a mystery, and how and exactly where he died are unknown to us.

We know the basics, he was apparently born in Shafton, in Yorkshire, he was born in 1895 thereabouts, and also had a few brothers and lots of sisters. I would love to find out more about him, or any pictures if anyone knows of a relationship to him at all.




223034

Pte. William Victor Pickard

British Army 6th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent

from:Deptford, London

(d.3rd July 1916)







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