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Recovered 12.06.23 from www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/172273/phillip-alfred-russell/
RIFLEMAN PHILLIP ALFRED RUSSELL
Service Number: B/263
Rifle Brigade 7th Bn.
Date of Death 29 August 1916
Age 38 years old
Buried ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN B. 24. 47. France
Son of Frank and Frances Russell, of Ventnor, Isle of Wight; husband of Agnes E. Russell, of 64, Ravenswood Rd., Balham, London.
Recovered 12.06.23 from http://legacy.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/iwmm/iwmm_results_2p.php?Seq=13640
Cemetery: St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen
Newspaper entry : Ventnor Man Dies of Wounds. Information was received this morning that Rifleman Philip Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Russell, of 13, Park View Villas, died on August 29th, in a hospital in France, from wounds received in action at Delville Wood recently. He was 37 years of age, and joined the Rifle Brigade on the outbreak of war. In his younger days, Rifleman Russell had a somewhat romantic career, and visited many parts of the world. Leaving Ventnor, where he had been in the service of Bush and Judd, he joined the Navy, and was present on H.M.S. Forte throughout the Benin Expedition. He left the Navy and settled down in London, where he was in the employ of Messrs. Waring and Gillow, and had charge of important work in the provinces just before the war. A man of strong imagination, his natural interest in affairs was enhanced by his travels and through his own energy and perseverance he became exceedingly well informed, and was a speaker of above the average order. He leaves a widow and three children.
Newspaper Source : IoW Mercury, 1 Sep 1915
Father : Frank Russell
Mother(Maiden name shown) : Frances Coleman
Birth Place : Ventnor
Birth Date : 19 Dec 1877
Spouse : Agnes Evelyn Wellard
Marriage Place : Wandsworth
Marriage Date : 1902
Death Place : France
Death Date: 29 Aug 1916
Buried St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen Seine-Maritime, France B. 24. 47.
Census 1881 : 7, Down View, Ventnor
Census 1891 : 7, Park View Villas, Gills Cliff Road, Ventnor
Census 1911 : 64 Ravenswood Road, Balham, London