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Rfn Walter George Phillips
British Army 1st Btn Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Peckham London
(d.26th April 1941)
Walter Phillips was my mother's first husband. During WW2 he served with the King's Royal Rifle Corps. He drowned on 26th of April 1941 when a pinnacle belonging to HMAS Perth got submerged and 50 drowned on their way back to Perth a mile from the shore.