Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- West Wiltshire
- Town
- Melksham
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 68935
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Current location
St. Michael and All Saint's Church
Church Walk
Melksham
West Wiltshire
Wiltshire
SN12 6LX
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 90276 63733
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Bronze rectangular plaque affixed to the end of a bench at each corner. Double line black engraved border. Lettering engraved in black.
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF/ RIFLEMAN GEORGE PHILLIPS/ POST OFFICE RIFLES/ KILLED IN ACTION FRANCE/ SEPT 14TH 1916 AGED 19/ A CHORISTER OF THIS CHURCH.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Phillips, George
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 70mm, width 133mm
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Rifleman G Philips
- WMO ID: 241639
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 27-09-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1548100/PHILLIPS, SIDNEY GEORGE
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