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211010Cpl. Louis Pettitt
British Army 13 Btn. Duke of Cambridge's Own
from:Alfriston, Sussex
(d.20 July 1918)
I never knew my grand father, Louis Pettitt but have recently been presented with his medals and 'Death Penny'. From his Regimental number I have discovered that he is buried at Bully-Grenay, France and will be paying my respects to a visit there in July 2014
231996Cpl. Louis Pettitt
British Army 13th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Alfriston, Sussex
(d.20th July 1918)
Louis Pettitt enlisted in the 8th Btn Middlesex Regiment in December 1915 and transferred to the 13th Btn in September 1916.
On 19th July 1918 the battalion entered the front line in the Hill 70 Sector, Loos in the area of Gravel Pit Trench, Hugo Trench, Hythe Alley. Louis was killed with two others on 20th July by the detonation of a single shell on a day which was, comparatively, a very quiet day in the trenches.
253208Pte. Arthur Edgar Petts
British Army 2/3rd London Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Walthamstow, London
1206101Rflmn. Silvester Petty
British Army 7th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Peter St, Colne, Lancashire
(d.26th Aug 1916)
Silvester Petty served with the 7th Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
239298Cpl. Frederick Donald Pewtress
British Army 6th Btn., C Coy. Wiltshire Regiment
(d.2nd July 1916)
I do not know much about Frederick Pewtress. But I recently came across his memorial scroll from World War 1.
233913A/Cpl. Jack Pezaro
British Army 11th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Stepney, London
(d.8th Oct 1916)
Jack Pezaro signed up with his brother Harry in about 1914, when he was 19. He served as Acting Corporal. He fought at the Somme and was killed in action there alongside his brother.
They are remembered on the Thiepval Monument.
261071Sgt. Daniel Phelan
British Army 8th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment
from:15 Lower Sheriff Street, Dublin, Ireland
(d.23rd Feb 1917)
231085Pte. James Phelan
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Blackhill, Abbeyleix, Co. Leitrim
(d.8th Nov 1915)
James Phalen was the son of Mrs. Mary Phelan, of Blackhill, Abbeyleix. He died age 28 and is buried in the Abbeyleix New Cemetery South-West of entrance gate.
237229Pte. James Phelan
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Blackhill, Abbeyleix
(d.8th November 1915)
Private Phelan was the son of Mrs Mary Phelan, of Blackhill, Abbeyleix.
He was 28 when he died and is buried in the Abbeyleix New Cemetery in Abbeyleix, Ireland, his grave is at the south-west of entrance gate.
232011Pte. Lewis Phelps
British Army 19th Btn. A Coy West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leeds
I bought a YMCA New Testament Bible in the 1980's from an antique collectors fair in Morley, Leeds. It includes Lord Robert's message to troops and has Pte Lewis Phelps name written by hand, serial no. and West Yorkshire Regiment draft 839, A coy attached to 19th West Yorkshire. Also the name of Ada Boyes, Moor Lane, Gomersall, Leeds hand written as well - presume sweetheart/fiancee. Also contains a photo presume of Ada Boyes and so mamy small cards with bible quotes inserted to different pages.
229988Capt. Roy Cecil Phelps
Royal Army Medical Corps HMHS Grantully Castle
from:Merritton, St. Catharines
My great uncle was Lieut. Col Roy. C. Phelps. From stories he told us many years ago I knew that at one point he was a doctor on the hospital ship Grantully Castle. From the University of Toronto's records I found a record of his early days of service. He then spent many years in Burma and was the Medical Superintendent in Rangoon before the second world war began.
223498Pte. Thomas Edgar Phelps
British Army 2nd Btn South Lancashire Regiment
from:London
My Gran, Ada Helen Phelps was born at Old Warps home, Warrington on the 10th Dec 1920. She was born in Warrington as her father Thomas Phelps was at that time a serving solder at the barracks there, married to Helen Norton originally from Dublin, Ireland. He had served throughout WW1 and Gran remembered being in India and in Palestine as a child in the 1920s. Thomas Phelps finished his career as a colour sergeant, I think with something to do with the cook house. After he left the army they lived in London.
255166Pte. Albert Price Phenix
British Army 12th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
(d.15th Dec 1916)
Albert Phenix was my 2nd Great uncle. I'm finding out small bits of information slowly, but know he is buried at Guards Cemetery at Lesboeufs in France.
263412Pte James Philbin MM
British Army 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment
from:Haslingden, Lancashire
233065Pte. William Philbin
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Sunderland
(d.1st July 1916)
William Philbin is named on the Thiepval Memorial
258875Pte. Stanley James Philcox
British Army Somerset Light Infantry
from:Lewes
Stanley Wilcox served with the Somerset Light Infantry in WW1. He was taken prisoner 21st of March 1918 at Benay, France.
225667Sgt. John Henry Philips
British Army
from:18 Church Road, Woolston, Southampton
(d.6th Sep 1916 )
I believe that my grandfather, Serjeant John Henry Philips, who died in the 2nd battle of the Somme at BazantinRidge, rescued several injured and stranded comrades in no man's land whilst being under fire. I also believe that he was killed in the final run to rescue comrades. We know he was injured in the head when he was climbing out of the trench with his head above the parapet.
I would love to know more about this man, ie what type of regiment he was in. I believe that my grandfather was an existing soldier prior to the start of WW1.
250183William James Philips
British Army
The marriage of William Phillips and Mary Ann Banton at St Wilfrid's Church, Egginton. William was at the time recovering from trench fever and was an inmate at Egginton Hall Hospital. Mary worked at the hospital. Other sick or injured soldiers from the hospital form a guard of honour for them.
233066Pte. George Philipson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Consett
(d.2nd July 1916)
George Philipson is buried in Meaulte Millitary Cemetery
233067Pte. Thomas Philipson
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
234316Rflmn. Edward Charles Phillimore
British Army 16th (Church Lads Brigade) Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Nuneaton
(d.21st Jul 1916)
212893Albert Phillips MM.
British Army 64th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
My Grandfather Albert Phillips was in the 64th Brigade RFA and won the Military Medal on the 5th August 1917. According to the war diary they were near Zillebekke near Ypres from the beginning of August, but I am not sure for how long.
247605SSgt Arthur William Phillips
British Army 36th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Notting Hill
(d.31st May 1918)
Arthur Phillips served with 78th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and 36th Siege Battery, RGA.
262670Pte. Arthur Albert Phillips
British Army 8th Btn. East Surrey Regiment
from:Hove, Sussex
(d.29th Nov 1916)
Arthur Phillips originally joined the Royal Sussex Regiment but was transferred to the 8th Batt East Surrey Regiment after arriving in France in around July to September 1916. He was severely wounded during the attack on Desire Trench in November 1916 and died of wounds at No.1 General Hospital and is buried in the Churchyard cemetery (Military Section) at Etretat, France.
262139Sgt. Bert Gwinett Phillips
British Army 9th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Long Eaton
(d.25th Apr 1918)
The regimental war diaries for the 24th and 25th April 1918 recorded that on the 24th the 9th Battalion of the Cameronians relieved the 8th Battalion of the Black Watch when they moved from their camp at Bedelem Farm into the Vierstraat Line north of Kemmel. By midnight the relief was completed without any casualties. Bert Phillipsā€™s A Company was posted in the Cheapside Line. The whole Battalion came under heavy German fire including gas at 2.30am. At 7.00am A Company reported their position as intact with slight casualties. As the Germans continued to press forward during the afternoon forcing some withdrawals, the Cheapside Line was reinforced and by nightfall had been held.
It was at some point during these events that Bert had been killed. His body was never found and his name is one of nearly 35,000 inscribed on the Tyne Cot memorial.
217716Pte. Charles Edgar Phillips
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:302 High Street, Harborne
(d.9th Oct 1917)
Charles Edgar Phillips served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment and died on the 9th October 1917. He was awarded the British War and Victory Medal. He is remembered on the Tynecot Memorial, Zonnebeke West- Vlaanderen, Belgium.
My father never spoke of Charles, it was when I was doing the family tree that I found he lived next door to his father also Charles. They also worked with each other.
225949Pte. Charles Edgar Phillips
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(d.9th Oct 1917 )
My uncle Charles Phillips was killed in action on the 9th of October 1917.
244462Cpl. Dan Phillips
British Army 10th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Henllan, Whitland
(d.16th Aug 1916)
Dan Phillips was my great-uncle on the maternal side of my father's family. I am still in the process of establishing his full service record but I have found that at this time he would have been mortally wounded on the assault on Delville Wood, there is a reference to a specific attack on Lonely Trench but I have been, as yet unable to find a further reference to this.
242946L/Sgt. Daniel Phillips
British Army 13th Battalion Welsh Regiment
from:Tylorstown, Glam
(d.10th July 1916)
Daniel Phillips was killed aged 21 in Mametz Wood Somme, he was my Great Uncle lost to the Great War.
223310Pte. Edgar James Phillips
British Army South Wales Borderers
This photo has been in our family many years, the soldier top left is my Grandfather Edgar James Phillips, he was in the South Wales Borderers, we have been trying to find who the other three are but can't work out their regiments, we think they are probably related and lived in Glamorgan, if anyone could give any information on anything it would be appreciated.
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