Edward James Phillips

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772290

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

March 28th, 1921

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London

Next of kin address:

299 Junction Road, Upper Holloway, London, England

Trade or calling:

Farm hand

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause of Death: Primary Cause – Endocarditis. Immediate Cause – Acute Dilatation
Location: Brantford, Ontario

BX March 29, 1920

There passed away last night in the Brantford General Hospital, a soldier, Edward James Phillips, who had been wounded in France and who finally succumbed from the effects of his wounds. Private Edward Phillips enlisted with the 125th Battalion and was in the army four years, 31 months of which he spent in France. Since his return he had been employed on a farm on the Hamilton Road, near Cainsville. He had no friends in this country. He was 34 years of age and had a father and mother in London, England. The funeral has been arranged to take place under the auspices of the Great War Veterans. Six comrades will act as pallbearers and the funeral will take place from Reid and Brown’s undertaking parlors on Wednesday to Mount Hope cemetery where interment will be made in the veterans’ plot.