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VC771   Robin Edward Phillips

Name   Robin Edward Phillips   No.      

VC Issue No.   771   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 13th Battalion attached to 9th Battalion

Later   

Now   Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

Rank VC Won   Temporary Lieutenant

Rank End Of Career   Captain

Place Of Birth   'Hollyhead House', Hill Top, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England

Place Of Death   St Veep Hospital, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England

Buried/Location Ashes   The Church of St Cyricius, St Julitta and St Veep Parish Churchyard, near Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   Row C, Grave 26

Gazetted   8 June 1917

VC Presented   9 November 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, The Church of St Cyricius, St Julitta and St Veep Parish Churchyard, near Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England

P  Blue Plaque, Holyhead House, Hill Top, West Bromwich, West Midlands

P  Edwin Phillips Drive, West Bromwich, West Midlands

By The Way…

Robert Phillips was a Tax Man

VC Held By

Royal Warwickshire Regimental Museum, St John's House, Jury Street, Warwick, Warwickshire, England

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BORN   11 April 1895

DIED   23 September 1968   AGE   73

VC Won  25 January 1917   AGE   21

Place VC Won   River Hai, Kut, Mespotamia, (Now Iraq)

War/Campaign   First World War 1917