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Edward Phillips

In memory of:

Lance Sergeant Edward Phillips

December 21, 1943
Niigata-Rinko 5B Hospital, Japan

Military Service

Service Number:

E/30244

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

May 19, 1915
Glasgow, Scotland

Enlistment:

August 17, 1940
Bury, Quebec

Son of Edward Philipps (killed in action on 14 February 1916 in Flanders, during the First World War, when he was Corporal with the 10th Battalion, Camerionians (Scottish Rifles) British Army, service number 8113) and Lily Jane Jamieson.

Husband of Claris Irene Lowry, of Sawyerville, Compton, Québec. Father of Gloria Irene Phillips and Constance Lillian Phillips.

He served in Québec, in New Brunswick, in Newfoundland with Force W, in Hong Kong with Force C and in Japan in captivity. He had 1,222 days of service, including 785 overseas.

Commemorated on Page 203 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Japan

Grave Reference:

Sec. B. A. 3.

Location:

YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY is 9 kilometres west of the city on Yuenchi-Dori, Hodogaya Ward, which branches left off the old Tokkaido highway. The nearest railway station is Hodogaya, 5 kilometres to the north on the JNR line but the cemetery is easily reached by bus from Yokohama station.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Edward Phillips– In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of Edward Phillips – In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me.
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