Frederick Victor Phillips

An Engineman with H.M.S. Victory II, Frederick died on 20th of September 1918 at the age of 31. 

Frederick was born at Wick, Littlehampton, Sussex, on 7 June 1887, a son of William George and Mary Jane Phillips. He was baptised at Lyminster on 7 August 1887. In 1891 his family lived at 7 Ascolan Street, Battersea. By 1901 Frederick was a ‘fishing boy’ lodging at the Smack Boys’ Home, 11 Grove Road, Lowestoft.  

On 9 February 1908 Frederick married Violet Daisy Clark at Saint Margaret’s Church. Frederick was a trawlerman living at 7 Melbourne Road and Violet at 5 Melbourne Road. By 1911 they were living at 3 Melbourne Road, and Frederick worked as a fisherman. By 1918 Violet was living at 51 Meyrick Road, Twyford Avenue, Portsmouth, and later she lived at 77 Winstanley Road, Portsmouth, but, by 1921, had returned to Lowestoft and again lived at 3 Melbourne Road. 

Frederick joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 15 February 1915. He served on the trawler Star of Thule. On 16 September he was admitted to the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar, and was then on the roll of H.M.S. Victory II, where he died from pneumonia.  

Note: In some records Frederick has the additional middle name George.