South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


L/Sergeant 4653 John PHILLIPS MM - 10th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment


Died on Tuesday, March 11th 1919 aged 21

grave for J phillips


Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Warwick Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
2 May 1915 in France ~ Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial
    Warwick St. Nicholas
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Westgate School
Died of wounds complicated by pneumonia August 1914 at Warwick  
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units Other War Memorials
Southampton University War Hospital  ~  
     

Circumstances of Death

John died on 11 Mar 1919 at the Southampton University War Hospital  from the effects of a gunshot wound to the abdomen and buttock with a compound fracture of the pubis and tuber ischii, complicated by pneumonia, 4 months 3 days and 3/4 hour after being wounded in France and evacuted back to the UK.


 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
Oct Qtr 1897 in Warwick 2 Jan 1898 at Warwick, St. Paul
   
Parents Names Abode
John and Louisa Phillips 3 Rose Cottages, Vine Lane, Warwick
   
Schools Colleges
Westgate School ~
   
Address History Employment History
1897 - Warwick 1904 - Scholar
1901 - 56 Woodhouse Street, Warwick 1911 - Draper’s errand boy 
1911 - 26 Brooklynne Place, Warwick 1914 - Labourer
1915 - 3 Rose Cottages, Vine Lane, Warwick