Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Lieutenant J. D. Philips, 1st Battalion, East Kent Regiment, killed in action at Bois Grenier on 20th October 1914

1914 Star, with clasp (Lieut., E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (Joseph Douglas Philips) nearly extremely fine (4) £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Brett Collection of Medals to The Buffs.

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Joseph Douglas Philips was the younger son of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs J. J. Philips, of Broadstairs. He was born at Woolwich on the 3rd March, 1886, and educated at a private school and with an Army coach. He joined the East Kent Regiment from the Middlesex Militia in March 1907. In March 1910, he was detached for service with the West African Frontier Force in Nigeria for over four years, with the local rank of Lieutenant, and was permanently promoted to that rank in September 1910. In October 1914, he was serving with the 1st battalion of his own regiment, and was killed instantly whilst leading his platoon through a wood at Bois Grenier to attack advancing German infantry. The previous day he had carried out several wounded from the trenches under fire. He was buried near Radinghem Ridge, about two miles from Bois Grenier.