Private 24034 Joseph PHILLIPS
6/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Killed in Action, Monday 23rd October 1916, France, Age 23
Home address:
18 Victoria Road, Dukinfield, Cheshire
Born:
1893, Dukinfield, Cheshire
Parents:
Ann Phillips and Joseph Phillips
18 Victoria Road, Dukinfield, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Cotton Operative
Enlisted:
Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, pier 3, face C .
Link to Hyde:
Lived in Hyde
Suffered with shell shock during July 1916 and was treated at No.5 Casualty Clearing Station and No.3 Stationary Hospital in Rouen, France. He was also wounded in August 1916.
From the Manchester Evening News, Friday 1st December 1916, page 3, column 4:
A well known Sunday School Footballer in Hyde District.