Name
Harold Payne Philby (DSO)
22 Jul 1887
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
17/05/1916
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
York and Lancaster Regiment
Commanding 2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Territorial Force War Medal, 1914/15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Distinguished Service Order
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HOP STORE CEMETERY
Plot I. Row A. Grave 16.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
R.I.P.
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham, Camberley Memorial Cross, Camberley, Surrey
Pre War
Harold Payne Philby was born 22 July 1887 to Howard Montague Philby and May Beatrice Duncan.
He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant 19 Sep 1908 and Lieutenant 1 Apr 1910 in the Yorks and Lancaster Regiment. He was employed in the West African frontier force from 4 Oct 1911.
On the outbreak of war he returned to from Nigeria and joined 2nd Battalion.
Wartime Service
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 3rd Sep 1915, the citation for which reads: "For conspicuous and consistent good service throughout the campaign , notably during fighting at Hooge on 9th August 1915 when with great coolness and energy he frequently visited all portions of the firing line under heavy shell Fire and personally supervised the dispatch of reinforcements, bombs, etc." He was also Mentioned in Dispatches on two occasions in 31st December 1915 and 13th June 1916.
Additional Information
His mother, Mrs. M. B. Philby, of "The Crossways," Camberley, Surrey. ordered his headstone inscription: "R.I.P." His younger brother Dennis Duncan Philby served with Royal Dublin Fusiliers from 1910 with service in India and B.E.F. before dying on while being attached to Royal Munster Fusiliers.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
