WILLIAM GEORGE PHILLIPS
- Died:
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death: 6740
- Died:
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death: 6740
Personal
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- Surname: PHILLIPS
- Forename: WILLIAM GEORGE
- Initials: W G
- Date of Birth: 1888
- Place of Birth: Fulham
- Place of Birth Source: 1911 Census
- Address: Roebuck Inn, Handley (1911)
- Schools attended: Sixpenny Handley School c. 1892
- Employment / trade: Army Reservist
- Place of work:
- Family (parents and grandparents): Parents Richard and Helen Phillips Unable to trace grandparents
- Spouse Name: Helen Annie Day m. 1914 Helen remarried to William S Clarke in 1920
- Notes: Husband of H. A. Clarke, (formerly Phillips), of Diamond Villa, Handley, Salisbury.
Military
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- Regiment at call-up: Wiltshire Regiment
- Regiment at discharge:
- Rank at call-up: Private
- Service no at call-up: 6740
- Date of attestation:
- Date of call-up:
- Area reported to:
- Source: 1911 Census
- Naval vessels served:
- Decorations and awards:
- Other service details: Arrived at Rouen on 14 Aug 1914
- Other rank:
- Other service no:
- Service facts:
Death and Memorial
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- Age at death: 29
- Date of death:
- Regiment at death: Wiltshire Regiment
- Battalion at death: 1st Bn.
- Rank at death: Private
- Circumstances of death: War diary for 24 Oct states "shelling of village [Neuve Chapelle] and terenches commenced. 8 men killed 23 men missing (buried in dugouts)" Private Phillips was probably amongst these.
- Service no at death: 6740
- Field of action at death:
- Place of death:
- Location of grave: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY
- Position: I. B. 20.
- Other memorials: Sixpenny Handley War Memorial
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