Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	Richard Ernest Gilchrist
Initials	REG
Last Name	Phillips
Source	8664549

Gender	Source
Male

Address	Country	Type	Date
Alderney, Channel Islands	United Kingdom	military residence address	known 2nd April 1911
Magdeburg POW camp	Germany	military residence address	known 6th January 1915
Raglan South Barracks, Devonport	United Kingdom	military residence address	known 11th August 1914
Torgau POW camp, Fort Bruckenkopf	Germany	military residence address	known 12th December 1914

Service	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army	Royal Irish Regiment		2nd Lieutenant
British Army	Royal Irish Regiment		Lieutenant
British Army	Royal Irish Regiment	2nd Battalion	Temporary Captain
British Army	Royal Irish Regiment	2nd Battalion	Captain
British Army	Royal Irish Regiment	2nd Battalion	Temporary Major
British Army	Royal Irish Regiment	3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)	Brevet Major and Adjutant
British Army	Royal Scots Fusiliers	Special Reserve of officers	Major
British Army	Royal Irish Regiment	2nd Battalion	Lieutenant and Adjutant

Award	Type	Source
1914 Star	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Mary Patience Phillips	daughter

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Samuel Phillips	father
Helen Clementina Gilchrist	mother

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Moira Sydney Phillips	sister	1886
Aileen Susie Phillips	sister	1890

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Patience Z M Le Poer-Power	wife	2nd August 1921

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Patrick63223
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Patrick63223
British Officers taken Prisoner of War 1914-1918 Transcription	Patrick63223
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Patrick63223
Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 Transcription	Patrick63223
New South Wales Births Transcription	Patrick63223
England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription	Patrick63223

Reference	Connected by	More information
The Peerage.com	Patrick63223
The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment Vol.II from 1900 to 1922	Patrick63223
1914-1918 PRISONERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ICRC HISTORICAL ARCHIVES	Patrick63223
2nd Bn Royal Irish Regiment -1914 - Officer PoWs	Patrick63223
"There's a Devil in the Drum" by J.F.Lucy	Patrick63223
“The Mons Star: The British Expeditionary Force 1914”	Patrick63223
“Within Four Walls” by Major M.C.C. Harrison and Captain H. Cartwright	Patrick63223
Wherever the Firing Line Extends	Patrick63223

Title	Connected by	More information
Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge	Patrick63223
Alderney, Channel Islands	Patrick63223
Cashel High Street	Patrick63223
Rue Leon Save, Mons, Belgium.	Patrick63223
2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.	Patrick63223
2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.	Patrick63223
Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge	Patrick63223
Gaile House, Cashel, County Tipperary	Patrick63223
Torgau Fort Bruckenkopf	Patrick63223
Magdeburg POW camp	Patrick63223
A Map of the Battle of Mons	Patrick63223
The area to the east of Mons	Patrick63223
REG Phillips' obituary in the Times	Patrick63223
Notification of REG Phillips' wedding in the Times	Patrick63223
Royal Scots Fusiliers cap badge	Patrick63223
The former Chateau Gendebien now a restaurant	Patrick63223
The Guardhouse at Raglan Barracks, Devonport	Patrick63223
SS Herschel	Patrick63223

ID: 3503108

Reference: WO372/15

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/3506604

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 8664549

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/34965/0005/6

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 8664550

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/34998/0052/22

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 8665781

Name: Person Page 5284

Title: The Peerage.com

Description: A directory of the peerage.

Connected by: Patrick63223

URL: http://www.thepeerage.com/p5284.htm#i52835
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ID: 8665782

Title: Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

Description: A WW1 Royal Irish Regiment cap badge

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 8670755

Name: The National Archives Reference WO 95/1421/3

Reference: The National Archives

Title: War Diary of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment, August 1914-February 1915

Description: An official record of the day to day movements, dispositions and battles of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment between August 1914 and February 1915

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 8670756

Name: By Br. General Stannus Geoghegan CB

Reference: on-line

Title: The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment Vol.II from 1900 to 1922

Description: A thorough if somewhat dry account of the doings of the battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment between 1900 and 1922, with particular attention given to their Great War service. Published by Blackwood and Sons Ltd. Edinburgh and London, 1927.

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 8672359

Title: Alderney, Channel Islands

Description: Alderney, Channels Islands where Major Richard Phillips was based at the time of the 1911 Census

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: Downloaded from the internet

ID: 8672361

Title: Cashel High Street

Description: Cashel, where Richard Ernest Gilchrisy Phillips was born in 1888

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: Downloaded from the internet

ID: 8679134

Reference: gbm_bopow_1914

Title: British Officers taken Prisoner of War 1914-1918 Transcription

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: GMB/BOPOW/1776

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

ID: 8776487

Title: Rue Leon Save, Mons, Belgium.

Description: The road south on the western edge of Bois La Haut, Mons. The Royal Irish Regiment were hotly pursued down this road by the Germans on the afternoon of the 23rd August 1914.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

ID: 8776491

Title: 2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.

Description: The Memorial to the Royal Irish Regiment at Mons overlooks the ground on which the 2nd Battalion fought on the 23rd August 1914. It was unveiled by Lord Ypres on 11th November 1923.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

ID: 8776494

Title: 2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.

Description: The plaque at the base of the Mons memorial to the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment. The memorial was unveiled on 11th November 1923 at La Bascule crossroads.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

ID: 8776497

Title: Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

Description: WW1 Royal Irish Regiment cap badge

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 8776503

Name: PA 282, PA 228, PA 984, PA 613, PA 730, PA 1743, PA 1721, PA 1804 and more

Title: 1914-1918 PRISONERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ICRC HISTORICAL ARCHIVES

Description: The International Committee of the Red Cross Prisoners of the First War Historical Archives

Connected by: Patrick63223

URL: http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Search/#/3/2/107/0/British%20and%20Commonwealth/Military/Phillips
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ID: 8776548

Title: Gaile House, Cashel, County Tipperary

Description: Gaile House, Cashel, County Tipperary, where R.E.G.Phillips was born in 1888

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: Downloaded from: http://property.breakingnews.ie/residential/brochure/2607160

ID: 8776583

Title: Torgau Fort Bruckenkopf

Description: Torgau Fort Bruckenkopf where Lieutenant Phillips was a prisoner in December1914

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: result of internet search

ID: 8776584

Title: Magdeburg POW camp

Description: Magdeburg POW camp where Lieutenant Phillips was a prisoner in January 1915

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: result of internet search

ID: 8776610

Title: A Map of the Battle of Mons

Description: A map of the Battle of Mons, drawn by Major S.E.St Leger

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: From the Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, Vol II

ID: 8776636

Title: The area to the east of Mons

Description: The area to the east of Mons near the hospital and cemetery where the Royal Irish Regiment first came into contact with the enemy and where Lieutenant R.E.G. Phillips was wounded.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

ID: 8779010

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/06303/0111/7

Additional: This record shows REG Phillips' parents visiting his mother's brother's house.

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 8779012

Reference: fs_australia_births_and_baptisms_1792-1981

Title: Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 Transcription

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: R_546595136

Additional: This is REG Phillips' mother

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

ID: 8779015

Reference: au_nsw_bmd_births

Title: New South Wales Births Transcription

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: ANZ/BMD/NSW/B/0001774855

Additional: His mother

Credit: © NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages

ID: 8779020

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: BMD/M/1921/3/AZ/000786/098

Additional: This is the record of his marriage (with his first name incorrectly written as Robert)

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 8779026

Title: REG Phillips' obituary in the Times

Description: REG Phillips' obituary in the Times, 6th September 1940

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: From: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/242839-2nd-bn-royal-irish-regiment-1914-officer-pows/

ID: 8779028

Title: Notification of REG Phillips' wedding in the Times

Description: Notification of REG Phillips' wedding in the Times of 17th August 1921

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: From: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/242839-2nd-bn-royal-irish-regiment-1914-officer-pows/

Notification of REG Phillips' wedding in the Times

ID: 8779045

Name: ID 13

Title: 2nd Bn Royal Irish Regiment -1914 - Officer PoWs

Description: Research done by members of the Great War Forum, notably one Harry Brook.

Connected by: Patrick63223

URL: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/242839-2nd-bn-royal-irish-regiment-1914-officer-pows/
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ID: 8779060

Title: Royal Scots Fusiliers cap badge

Description: WW1 Royal Scots Fusiliers cap badge

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 8779063

Title: The former Chateau Gendebien now a restaurant

Description: Restaurant Leon on Chausee de Binche on the site of the former Chateau Gendebien where Lieutenant Phillips was treated after he was wounded on 23rd August 1914

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

The former Chateau Gendebien now a restaurant

ID: 9578813

Name: ISBN: 9781843421108

Reference: Through the internet

Title: "There's a Devil in the Drum" by J.F.Lucy

Description: An account of the enlistment and basic training of two brothers from Cork, Ireland, in the pre-war British Army and their subsequent service on the Western Front. Published by The Naval and Military Press 1993.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: Although J.F.Lucy served with another regiment, he was a member of the 3rd Division and his memoir provides a clear picture of what the experience of enlistment and training and subsequent active service would have been like for the men of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment.

ID: 9578815

Name: By David Ascoli, published 1982 by Book Club Associates by arrangement with Harrap Limited.

Reference: own copy

Title: “The Mons Star: The British Expeditionary Force 1914”

Description: “The story of the despatch of the British Expeditionary Force to France in August 1914 until the fall of the curtain in November of that year after the first battle of Ypres, by which time ‘the best-trained, best organised and best-equipped British Army that ever went forth to war’ had virtually been destroyed.”

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: The book refers directly to the actions of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment at Mons, Le Cateau and Le Pilly. (pages 66, 110 and 198)

ID: 9578827

Name: published by Edward Arnold and Co. 1933

Reference: The internet through AbeBooks.co.uk

Title: “Within Four Walls” by Major M.C.C. Harrison and Captain H. Cartwright

Description: The experiences of two British WW1 officers who repeatedly tried to escape from German POW camps. In chapter one, Michael Harrison describes his experiences during the first two months of the war, including the destruction of his regiment, the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, at Le Pilly on the 20th October 1914. This is the "Kingfisher Library" edition. Pp.xii,304. Numerous illustrations. Double-page map.

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 9578828

Name: By Ronan McGreevy, published by The History Press Ireland, 2016.

Reference: Through the internet

Title: Wherever the Firing Line Extends

Description: A book which “looks at those places where the Irish soldiers made their mark and are commemorated to this day in the monuments, cemeteries and landscapes of France and Flanders”. Chapter 3, “The Celtic Cross at La Bascule”, describes the actions of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment at Mons. Chapter 6, “The Railway Station at Le Pilly”, describes the battle of Le Pilly and its aftermath.

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 9578832

Title: The Guardhouse at Raglan Barracks, Devonport

Description: Raglan Barracks, Devonport, where the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment was based prior to their embarkation for France in August 1914.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

The Guardhouse at Raglan Barracks, Devonport

ID: 9578835

Title: SS Herschel

Description: SS Herschel, the ship which transported the Royal Irish Regiment across the channel to France. They disembarked in Boulogne on 14th August 1914.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: Downloaded from: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/topic/203538-5th-infantry-brigade-war-diary/

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