Name
Philip Reynolds
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pirton School Memorial
Biography
Philip appears on the School War Memorial, confirming that he attended the school. Parish and census records initially suggest only one possible man of this name who could have served, and he was Philip Kenneth Reynolds, born on December 8th 1899 to Fanny Reynolds. The release of the 1911 census seems to reveal another possibility, Philip (b c1900) the son of John and Ann. However, this is probably a mistake as the earlier1901 census records him as their grandson and so Fanny, his mother, was John and Ann’s daughter. Fanny was unmarried.
The Parish Magazine of September 1918 records Philip as ‘called to service’. He would have been eighteen when called up. Parish and census records provide no further information other than to record a Philip Reynolds, who died on March 20th 1974, aged seventy-four and is buried in St. Mary’s churchyard.
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission
