Name
Philip John Throssell
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
Phillip Throssell is identified on the School War Memorial, confirming that he attended the school. Parish and census records suggest the following possible men:
The first was baptised as Philip John Trussell and born on March 21st 1889 to John and Ellen Trussell, and so he would have been twenty-two at the outbreak of war.
The second possibility is revealed by a monument inscription in the St. Mary’s Church, Garden of Rest. It records a Philip Throssell as born 1898 and died in 1977, his wife being Bertha who died in 1988. He would have been sixteen at the outbreak of war but no further information has been found.
Geoffrey Colin Budd (Colin) from Port Clinton, Ohio, USA kindly provided further information. He believes that Phillip Throssell may be the son of James Throssell (b 1867) and Clara Trussell (b 1865) and this is confirmed by other sources. He is therefore a third possibility. If so, he had a brother, Edward and two sisters, May and Hilda. By 1951 he was living at Ramridge Farm, Kimpton, near Welwyn, with his son James Throssell.
Parish and census records confirm the marriage of James and Clara Throssell (née Trussell) and Hilda (bapt 1896), with May Elizabeth (b 1891) and Edward (b 1888) as their children. It does not reveal a Philip, but it is still quite possible that Philip was their son as Colin Budd believes.
Unfortunately it is still not certain which is the Philip Throssell who served.
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission, Geoffrey Colin Budd (Colin)
