Basic Details
Surname
Wiseman
Forenames
Philip Henry Franklin
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
His biography on the College website (see References) reads as follows: 'Philip Henry Franklin Wiseman, Lieutenant, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Philip Henry Franklin Wiseman came to Cambridge in 1906 from Clifton College, Bristol, as a Rustat Scholar in Classics for which he was awarded £80. The scholarship was justified as he graduated in 1909 with a First Class (Division 3) in the Classical Tripos, Part I.​ , Born: Buxted, Sussex on 7 February 1887, Died of wounds received in action: 27 October 1917.
The Jesus College Cambridge Society Annual Report 1919 obituary for Wiseman claims that he was a “fine left-handed batsman” as well as a footballer (p 36). Sadly, Chanticlere, the student magazine was not in print for most of Wiseman’s time at Jesus so there are no reports of his sporting abilities nor any other of his other activities as a student. His obituary in the Annual Report tells us what Wiseman did after he left College 1909. Initially he spent some time studying French before becoming an Assistant Master at Wellington College and later at Llandovery College in the Brecon Beacons.
He joined the Public Schools Battalion as a Private soldier at the start of the war before being gazetted to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in the summer of 1915. A year later he was promoted to Lieutenant.'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Ypres
Cemetery
Solferino British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
27
Age at death
30
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial