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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 9495 Richard PHILPOTT - 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment


Died of Wounds on Tuesday October 12th 1915 aged 25

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Military History
     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery 
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
27 Jul 1915 ~ Tysoe & Compton Wyngates
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials
Local actions in Ypres 25 Mar 1915 in Rugby  
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
near Zillebeke ~  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

We have not been able to establish when or where Richard was wounded but in the 11 days prior to his death the Battalion spent time in and out of the front line trenches east of Zillebeke near Sancturary and Zouave Woods. All the casualties reported seem to have been caused by the enemy shelling those positions.
 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Bapitsm Date/Place
Oct Qtr 1889 at Tysoe 29 Dec 1889 at Tysoe
   
Parents Names Parents Abode
Sarah and William Philpott both deceased Tysoe
   
Wife & Marriage Date/Place Children & Year of Birth
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Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History                       
1891 - Tysoe 1901 - School
1901 - Shipton Road, Tysoe 1911 - Under gardener at Allesley Rectory   
1911 - Allesley - boarding with Mrs. Nicholls 1915 - Gardener
1915 - Upper Tysoe  

Other Family Information

  • Richard was born in 1889 but by the time of the 1891 census his mother Sarah was a widow aged 35. Also living with him in Tysoe were his brother Charles W Philpott and step brother George Hoggins.
  • In May 1898 Sarah also died and was buried in Tysoe
  • In the 1901 census Richard and Charles are shown as the adopted children of William and Charlotte Billing living at Shipton Road in Tysoe
  • In 1917 his next of kin was brother Charles of Brook Cottage, Allesley, Coventry
  • Richard is NOT the brother of Percy Philpott as stated in the Warwickshire Roll of Honour

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