Lieutenant Colonel Basil Edwin Phillips

Regiment: 5th Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Date published: 26/11/1915
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 10/08/1915
Age at death: 51
Cemetery: Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey
Plot: II. B. 9.
Information: Lieut. Colonel Basil Edwin Phillips, 5th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was killed in action on August 10th last. He was a brother of Mr. F. Phillips, of Gaulstown House, Coole, Westmeath, and a son of the late Captain E. W. Phillips and Mrs. Phillips, of Rhtiaal, Flintshire. Colonel Phillips was closely associated with political work, and also took a great interest in educational and agricultural matters. He was gazetted to the command of the 5th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers in July, 1912, and was extremely popular with all ranks, who held him in the highest respect. On the outbreak of war Colonel Phillips at once volunteered for foreign service, and had been only a few weeks at the front when he fell in action.