Phillipson, Francis

Sgt, Francis Phillipson, 8th WYR

BORN LEEDS 1884. SON OF JOHN & MARY, OF 17 , WALCOTT STREET, HULL, & LANCASTER. HE MARRIED AT BRAMLEY IN 1913. HUSBAND OF MRS ANN ELIZABETH SQUIRE, OF 10 BRANDES TERRACE, HILLEDGE, HUNSLET, LEEDS. HE FORMERLY LIVED WITH HIS SISTER, MRS GRAHAM, AT 17 , WALCOTT STREET, HULL. HE SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 15 YEARS AND JOINED UP AGAIN WHEN WAR BEGAN.

ENLISTED LEEDS. SERVED AS SERGEANT, 8TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF GAS POSIONING WOUNDS, AT NO:2 GENERAL HOSPITAL, TREPORT, ON 25/07/1917, AGED 33.

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/08/1917. * HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ANN WHO BECAME ANN CARR.


First name:
FRANCIS
Military Number:
306277
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
25/07/1917
Place died:
Le Treport Military Cemetery, Seine Maritime, France
Age:
33
17 , WALCOTT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom