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10534 PRIVATE W.H. PHILLIPS, MIDDLESEX REGIMENT:
1914 Star (L-10534 Pte.: 1/Middx: R.); British War Medal; Victory Medal 1914-19 (L-10534 Pte.: Midd'x R.) : (WILLIAM HENRY PHILLIPS - Born at Clerkenwell, London around 1883, a general labourer at the date of attestation for the Militia on 23 June 1905: Posted to the Middlesex Regiment from 13 September 1905 and from 1 October 1907 served at Banares, India: He entered France with 1st.Battalion, from 22 August 1914 and would almost immediately have been involved in heavy fighting at the Battle of Mons the following day: Then followed the fighting retreat from Mons to Le Cateau and the action at Nery which lasted until 2 September 1914: The Battalion fought in the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne and the Battle of Armentieres, which came to an end on 2 November 1914 with the start of a prolonged period of Trench Warefare: From early 1915 the Battalion held the front line trenches running between Touquet and Rue du Bois and suffered the occasional enemy shelling and sniping: It is likely that the recipient was wounded during this period because he is recorded as having died of wounds on 1 April 1915: He is buried at Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'Armentieres. : No indication of entitlement to the 1914 Clasp, shown on MIC.:) : Sold with verification; copy Service Papers and related research NEF - £325