Phillips, Victor

Age: 19
Date of birth: 11th November 1898

Parents: Henry John and Sarah Ann Phillips
Wife: Single
Address: 26 Woodhouse Street

Occupation:

Victor was born in 1899 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire. His father Henry, who was a butcher’s horse driver, had been born in Warwick and so were three of his older brothers Thomas, Harry and Albert.

According to the census of 1911 the family had moved to 22 St James Street, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. Victor was one of nine surviving children. He had two more older brothers, William and Bertie, a younger brother Charles and two younger sisters Nellie and Mary Ann.

Victor’s brother, William, also died.  Their mother completed the application for the Warwick War Memorial and was living at 26 Woodhouse Street at the time.

Military Service

Rank & Number: Private, 23855
Regiment/Service: 2nd/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Brigade/Division: 182nd Brigade, 61st Division
Date of death: Monday, July 15, 1918
Cause of death/Battle: Died of a lung infection whilst a Prisoner of War
Commemorated/Buried: Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany
Awards: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated locally at: St Pauls Church

Red cross records show that Victor was taken prisoner on 22 Mar 1918 at Attilly and was held at the Wetzlar and Weidenau POW Camps. He died of a lung infection whilst a Prisoner of War.

Warwick Advertiser 17th February 1917

Warwick Advertiser 4th May 1918

Warwick Advertiser 28th September 1918

Contributors

  • Unlocking Warwick Research Group
  • Warwick Advertiser excerpts and Shrine Application courtesy of Warwickshire County Record Office
  • South Warwickshire Family History Group

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