The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E J P Phillips

Inscription - "WHERE FAITH IS LOST IN SIGHT AND PATIENT HOPE IS CROWN'D"

Photograph by "Retired QA"

Private Elvyn John Parry PHILLIPS, 241418, 1st / 5th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of influenza / pneumonia, 8.20pm, 4th March 1919, Bermondsey Military Hospital, Ladywell Road, Lewisham, SE13, age 39.

Born Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, son of the William & Elizabeth Phillips, of 15, Panton Place, Holywell, Flintshire, Wales.

18th April 1908, Parish Church, Hale, Surrey, Elvyn John Parry Phillips, age 28, bachelor, school master, Hale, father William Phillips, compositor, married Emily Baker, age 27, spinster, Hale, father Andrew Baker, Publican, retired.

Children - Elvyn George Phillips, born 1st September 1909, Hale, Farnham, Surrey;

1911 Census - 1 Waverley Villas, Upper Hale, Farnham, Surrey - Elvyn John Phillips, head, age 31, married, Elementary School Teacher, Surrey County Council, worker, born Holywell, Flintshire; Emily Phillips, wife, age 30, married 2 years, 1 child, still alive, born Hale Surrey; Elvyn George Phillips, son, age 1, born Hale Surrey.

Children - Neville John Phillips, born 24th April 1914, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey.

Enlisted, Farnham, Surrey, age 36 years 5 months, height 5ft 9 inches, sallow complexion, blue eyes, brown hair. Resided The Schoolhouse, Tilford, Surrey. Formerly school master.

Home 3rd December 1915 to 20th August 1916; India 21st August 1916 to 4th December 1917, En Route to Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force 5th December 1917 to 10th December 1917; Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force 11th December 1917 to 1st February 1919; Home 2nd February 1919 to 4th March 1919.

3rd December 1915, enlisted; 4th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 13th June 1916, mobilized; 16th June 1916, posted 3rd/ 5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.4598; 22nd July 1916 to 20th August 1916, en route to India; 21st August 1916, posted 1st / 5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.241418; 3rd December 1917, left Jubbulpore; 5th December 1917, Bombay, embarked; 11th December 1917, Basra, disembarked; 9th March 1918, with Unit, In the Field; 22nd May 1918, 38 Field Ambulance, diarrhoea; 25th May 1918, discharged to Unit; 27th May 1918, rejoined Unit; 23rd June 1918, granted extra duty pay whilst during duty of Company Accountant, vice Pte Burgess to India on leave; 26th December 1918, relinquishes extra duty pay; 2nd February 1919, posted 21st Territorial Force Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment.

21st September 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 31/- a week, payable to Widow, will cease.

22nd September 1919, pension of 25/5 a week awarded to widow and two children.

4th December 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Emily Phillips, Whitebine Cottages, Upper Hale, Farnham, Surrey; Children - Elvyn George Phillips, 1st September 1909, Whitebine Cottages, Upper Hale, Farnham, Surrey; Neville John Phillips, 24th April 1914, Whitebine Cottages, Upper Hale, Farnham, Surrey; Father, not living; Mother, Elizabeth Phillips, 15, Panton Place, Holywell, Flintshire, Wales; Brothers - George Thomas Phillips, age 33, Park View, Hawarden, near Chester; Gwilyn Pedr? Phillips, age 28, 43 Nicholas Street, Chester; Sisters - Elizabeth Ann Jones, age 37, Senna Lane, Comberbach, Northwich, Cheshire; Dora Phillips, age 35, Cliffs Cottage, Hessle, East Yorkshire; Muriel Fisher, age 30, 114 Ruabon? Street, Wrexham, North Wales.

1920 June Quarter, Farnham, Surrey Registration District, Elvyn George Phillips, died age 10.

7th June 1920, Probate - Elvyn John Parry Phillips, of The Schoolhouse, Tilford, Surrey, Private 1/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, died 4th March 1919 at the Military Hospital, Bermondsey, Surrey. Probate London, 7th June to Emily Phillips, widow. Effects, £467 14s 4d.

1921 March Quarter, Farnham, Surrey Registration District, Emily Phillips, died age 40.

12th May 1921, letter from Mrs Bide, Alma House (Nursery), Farnham, Surrey - "The elder son of the late Private E J P Phillips, 241418, Royal West Kents, unfortunately died some 14 months ago, the surviving son is Neville John Phillips, (aged 7 years), my nephew, whose Guardian I am. "

Buried at Farnham (Upper Hale) Cemetery, D. 2830., Waverley Borough, Surrey, United Kingdom.

NOTE: not included in Regimental History or Soldiers Died in the Great War; but shown on the CWGC web site.

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