Pte Roscoe L. Phillips 16 Feb 1915 Netheravon Churchyard Cemetery

PHILLIPS, Roscoe Leonard

He was originally a 48th Highlander who attested into the 15th Bn at Valcartier. In the UK he contracted bronchial pneumonia and was hospitalized while the rest of the battalion left for France.

While hospitalized he was transferred to the 17th Bn (which had also been left in the UK) and he died while on strength of that Bn.

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Era(s)
  • 1914 - 1919 (WW 1)
Unit(s)
15th Bn (WW 1)
Date of attestation
22-Sep-1914
Date Taken on Strength
22-Sep-1914
Service number
27570
Fate
Died of illness
Date of death
16-Feb-1915
Cemetery or memorial name
Netheravon (All Saints) Churchyard Cemetery
Cemetery or memorial country
England
Age on date of death
25
Cause of death
Tuberculosis
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