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Military service
Service number:
2265517
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
March 3, 1891
London, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
May 30, 1917
Saint John, New Brunswick
Death:
August 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
His real name was Edgar Albert Mitchell and he is also commemorated on page 472 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Digital gallery of Private Bertram Phillips
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Circumstances of death registers
The War Graves Register (E-13) properly records that Private Bertram Phillips #2265517 (alias for Edgar Allen Mitchell) was serving with the 21st Canadian Infantry Battalion at the time of his death on 27 August 1918. This is in agreement with his Casualty Report and his Service Record. At the time of these submissions, both the CWGC and the CVWM show that he was serving with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the time of his death. That is incorrect and each party has been notified. -
Document
Private Bertram Phillips #2265517 is an alias name for the true soldier Private Edgar Allen Mitchell #2265517. The image shown here is taken from the second version of the service record for the two men, with the authoritative statement that he is one in the same person. There is an additional conflict in that the CWGC reports that he was serving with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry when killed in action on 27 August 1918. His service record states that he had already been transferred to the 21st Battalion by that time (5 June 1918). That is in agreement with the Casualty Record for Bertram Phillips, as well as the location of the recovered remains west of Vis-en-Artois. The P.P.C.L.I. was at Jigsaw Wood, well to the northwest of that area on 27 August 1918. The CWGC has been notified. -
Circumstances of death registers
The Casualty Report (Circumstance of Death) properly records that Private Bertram Phillips #2265517 (alias for Edgar Allen Mitchell) was serving with the 21st Canadian Infantry Battalion at the time of his death on 27 August 1918. He was killed in action to the west of vis-en-Artois, which is in agreement with the location of the 21st Battalion on that date. -
Attestation paper
This record in the main file of Private Bertram Phillips #2265517 (the alias name of Edgar Allen Mitchell) shows that he transferred to the 21st Canadian Infantry Battalion on 5 June 1918, prior to his death on 27 August 1918 to the west of Vis-en-Artois. At the present time, the CWGC and CVWM records show that he was still with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the time of his death. The War Graves Register documents, both Casualty and E-13 properly record that he was with the 21st Battalion at the time of his death. This is also confirmed by the location where his death is reported as "west of Vis-en-Artois". That is the correct location for the 21st Battalion, whereas the P.P.C.L.I. were well to the northwest at Jigsaw Wood on that same date.
Digital gallery of
Private Bertram Phillips
Digital gallery of
Private Bertram Phillips
Digital gallery of
Private Bertram Phillips
Digital gallery of
Private Bertram Phillips
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 485 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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