Frederick James Phillips

Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church

Regiment: Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Private 29572

Parents: Eileen Marion Phillips and step-father Sydney Summerill

Home address: Counter House, Whittucks Road, Kingswood, Bristol

Date of birth: 1898

Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol

Date of death: 23/10/1918

Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension, Solesmes, Nord, France and commemorated on Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial

Age: 19

Further information:

Frederick was born in Kingswood, the second youngest of six children with two brothers and three sisters. His mother was widowed when he was 2 years old but later remarried. Frederick's stepfather Sydney Summerill was a bootmaker and in 1911 Frederick's stepbrother and stepsister were also living at the family home.

Frederick served with the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

Frederick was wounded in action at the beginning of September 1918, when he was hit by a machine gun bullet in his upper left arm. He was awarded a wound stripe. After being patched up he returned to the front line and was killed in action six weeks later.

Frederick lost his life during The Battle of the Selle (17–25 October 1918) which was a battle between fought during the Hundred Days Offensive. It was a victory for the allies but at the cost of 140,000 casualties. The cemetery where Frederick is buried was made after the capture of Amerval on the 20th October, 1918.

Frederick's older brother Arthur was killed in action in France, two months earlier.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/