Private 23984 Millson PHIPPS

Private 23984 Millson Phipps{gallery}Pte M Phipps{/gallery}1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formerly Pte 13396 South Staffordshire Regiment

Killed in action near Poelcapelle, France and Flanders, 23rd December 1917, aged 27

• Buried: Monchy British Cemetery, Monchy-le-Preux, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave II.B.8.
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of James Morgan and Sarah Ann Phipps
  
• Husband of Ada Alice Phipps [nee Murrell] of Victoria Road, Chapel End. Married Apr Qtr 1915
• NNWFHS Memorial: Hartshill
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Phipps
• NNWFHS Hartshill War Memorial Page
• Monchy British Cemetery
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Dec 1890 in Birchmoor
• Employed as a coal miner 1911 and 1914
• Enlisted in South Staffs on 5 Sep 1914 at Nuneaton and was discharged on 12 Dec 1914 as “unlikely to become an efficient soldier!”
• Re-enlisted at Atherstone on a date unknown.