Name
Henry Richard Philby (poss Philbey)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/07/1917
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
8785
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial
DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION
III. F. 10.
Belgium
UK Memorials
Memorial Plaque, St Lawrence Church, Bovingdon
Memorial Plaque, Memorial Hall, Bovingdon
Pre War
Born in 1887 in Hawridge, Chesham, Buckinghamshire son of Edward and Charlotte Elizabeth (Halsey) Philbey. He was boarding in the High Street, Bovingdon in 1901 and was working a threshing machine. He married Lilian Butler in 1914 in Berkhamstead and they lived at Bunstrux Hill, Tring.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Berkhamstead, entered France on 16 Aug 1914 and was killed in action at Zillebecke.
Additional Information
Brother of Private Charles Philbey who was killed in action on 7 Nov 1914 and is also commemorated on these memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Dick West
