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WILLIAM GEORGE PHILLIPS

Died : -
Rank : Private
Service no at death: 6740
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Surname: PHILLIPS
Forename: WILLIAM GEORGE
Initials: W G
Date of Birth 1888
Place of BirthFulham
Place of Birth Source1911 Census
Address Roebuck Inn, Handley (1911)
Schools attended Sixpenny Handley School c. 1892
Employment / tradeArmy Reservist
Place of work
Family (parents and grandparents)Parents - Richard and Helen Phillips Unable to trace grandparents
Spouse Name Helen Annie Day m. 1914 Helen remarried to William S Clarke in 1920
NotesHusband of H. A. Clarke, (formerly Phillips), of Diamond Villa, Handley, Salisbury.
Regiment at call-upWiltshire Regiment
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-upPrivate
Service no at call-up6740
Date of attestation -
Date of call-up -
Area reported to
Source
Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service detailsArrived at Rouen on 14 Aug 1914
Other rank
Other service no
Service facts
Age at death29
Date of death -
Regiment at deathWiltshire Regiment
Battalion at death1st Bn.
Rank at deathPrivate
Circumstances of deathWar diary for 24 Oct states "shelling of village [Neuve Chapelle] and terenches commenced. 8 men killed 23 men missing (buried in dugouts)" Private Phillips was probably amongst these.
Service no at death6740
Field of action at death
Place of death
Location of graveBETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
PositionI. B. 20.
Other memorialsSixpenny Handley War Memorial
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