PHILLIPS Bert

  • First Name(s):
    Bert 
  • Surname:
    PHILLIPS
  • Service Number:
    44417
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Hampshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    27th April 1918
  • Age At Death:
    18
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Pernes British Cemetery, France, Grave II. A. 12.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Emanuel and Louisa Phillips, 3 Wood St., Wollescote, Stourbridge, Worcestershire

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PHILLIPS Bert Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window
Wollescote School

Further Information About PHILLIPS Bert

Bert Phillips was the son of Emmanuel and Louisa Phillips of 15 Fletcher Street, Wollescote, and he attended Wollescote school. He enlisted in 1917 and was sent to the Hampshire Regiment to join the 1st Battalion. He was one of the young men of the 1917 draft who had been held in reserve by the Lloyd George government until 1918. He arrived to face the first German offensive of March 1918 followed by the second in April on the Lys. The Hampshires defended the approach to Armentières and Bethune on the 18th April and were ultimately successful. Casualties, however, were heavy. Private Bert Phillips was seriously wounded and taken to a Casualty Clearing Station near Lillers where he died of wounds on the 27th April. His brother, Benjamin, was killed in 1915.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.