Private Alfred T Phillips

Alfred Tavenor Phillips was the son of Alfred and May Phillips and the husband of Winifred Phillips, of East Finchley, Middlesex. He enlisted into the General Service Corps, and volunteered for airborne forces.

Private Phillips successfully completed his glider training and was posted to B Company, 7th (Airborne) Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem).

Pte Phillips was killed in action on 23 September 1944, aged 35, and was given a field burial in a garden alongside De La Reyweg, Oosterbeek, and was re-interred to Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery on 3 September 1945.

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