Description
-WWI War Medal
-WWI Mercantile Marine Medal
-Death Plaque + original card envelope
All named William Philps
Accompanied by original Buckingham Palace and Board of Trade letters.
William Philps was the Master of S.S. Sea Serpent Leach & Co Limited London. He was drowned when the vessel hit a mine and sank 1 mile west of Folkestone Pier 23rd March 1916 whilst on a voyage from Birkenhead to Dunkirk with a cargo of corrugated iron. It will appear that his body was washed ashore and he is buried at Nunhead Cemetery, Allsaints, Camberwell. He was the husband of Julia Philps of Wimbledon and the son of Walter and Harriet Philps of Surrey.
He was 49 years old.
Condition as shown in photographs
