PHILLIPS Leonard Harry Perrins

Leonard Phillips was the only son of Harry and Jessie Phillips.  He joined the 2nd Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment on 14th September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He was shortly involved in the worst of the fighting in the Battle of the Transloy Ridges. The battalion moved forward from their reserve trenches on 4th November in the midst of a terrific storm with heavy rain.  Over the next two days intense fighting ensued until they were ordered to withdraw.  Of the four companies of the 2nd Battalion, very few were left and Lieutenant Phillips was among those who had fallen.

Source for additional information: In Dedication to a Future World by Mark Rogers, 1999

Born 21st December 1896 to Harry and Jessie Phillips he had one older sister.  He attended Worcester Royal Grammar School from 1906 to 1912 and commenced work at the Malvern branch of Lloyds Bank in March 1913.

Leonard Phillips worked at the Malvern branch of Lloyds Bank.  His name appears on the Lloyds Bank War Memorial unveiled at the Head Office on 8th February 1921 and in the company’s Memorial Album 1914 1918.

A photograph of Lieutenant L.H.P. Phillips of Worcester can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 25th November 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Leonard Phillips has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.