Family Search: When Private Allan Phillips was born on 21 April 1897, in Bermondsey, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Joseph Phillips, was 28 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Blomfield, was 24. He immigrated to London, Ontario, Canada in 1910 and lived in London, Middlesex, England in 1901 and London, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as bank clerk: royal bank of canada in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 21 August 1917, in Aix-Noulette, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 20, and was buried in Aix-Noulette, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
Son of Charles J. and Mary Elizabeth Phillips, of 169, High St., London, Ontario.
See this LINK for a detailed biography of this soldier.
“Killed by enemy shell bursting on road.” August 21, 1917.
Royal Bank of Canada Honour Roll: World War 1
Allan Phillips
PRIVATE PHILLIPS, born at London, England, April 21, 1897. Home in London, Ontario. Joined London, Ontario branch, October 13, 1915. Enlisted from London branch, May 13, 1916, in the 142nd Battalion. Also served in the 18th Battalion. Present at Lens and Hill 70. Killed in action on a road near Aix Moulette, August 21, 1917.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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