Arthur Phillips

Arthur Phillips.

Personal Details:

Born in Malpas in 1881 (baptised on 3rd April 1881).

Eldest son of the James and Ann Phillips of Edge, Malpas.

Married Mary Bebb Ryder of 108 Salisbury Road, Wavertree, Liverpool in 1904.

Father of James Arthur, Nancy Mary, Harry Stanley and Kathleen L.

Arthur was a police inspector stationed at Wallasey.

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Military Details:

Regiment:          20th Battalion The King’s (Liverpool Regiment).

Rank:                 Company Quartermaster, Sergeant.

Serial Number:   22810.

Arthur enlisted and was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

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Record of Death:

Killed in action in France (Battle of the Somme) on 1st July 1916. Aged 35.

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C.

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Medels and Awards:

Arthur was awarded the Campaign Medals (1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal).

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Further Information:
Report in the Liverpool Daily Post 21st July 1916 regarding the death of Arthur Phillips
"Inspector A. Phillips, a well-known police officer in the New Brighton district for several years, has been killed. He was thirty-five years of age and a native of Malpas, had been in the Cheshire Constabulary for fourteen years, and was promoted from sergeant to inspector at the time of the borough incorporation of Wallasey.

When the "Pals" were being formed he joined them with the rank of sergeant, and eventually became a company quartermaster-sergeant. Inspector Phillips, who was a most popular non-commissioned officer, leaves a wife and four children."

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Arthur Phillips

Remembered with Honour on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal.