TALBOT Phillip Ernest

  • First Name(s):
    Phillip 
    Ernest 
  • Surname:
    TALBOT
  • Service Number:
    27397
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    3rd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    24th August 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 6C.
  • Place of Birth:
    Kinver, Worcestershire, resident Oldsinford, Worcestershire, enlisted Stourbridge, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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TALBOT Phillip Ernest Is Named On These Memorials

Kinver War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

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Further Information About TALBOT Phillip Ernest

Philip Talbot was the son of Thomas and Sarah Talbot of 4 Foster Street, Kinver, and the adopted son of Mrs Hall of 102 Hagley Road, Oldswinford.  Before enlisting he had been a munitions worker at Langley.  He enlisted in the Worcesters and was posted to the 3rd Battalion some time before July 1916.  In the long battle of the Somme the 3rd Battalion had a heavy involvement.  On the 3rd July it attacked at Aveluy Wood, again on the 10th at Ovillers and on the 24th August on the Ancre Heights against the strong defences of the Leipzig Salient.  Lance Corporal Philip Talbot, who had survived the two previous attacks, was killed in action on the 24th August.  He was 24 years of age.

Phillip Talbot has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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Credits: Additional information researched and transcribed by The Black County Society.