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The names of 197 local men who lost their lives in World War I are
inscribed on the bells of the Memorial Community Church in Plaistow. They are our local heroes

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Herbert Edgar Phipps

Rifleman
London
Born
East Ham - c. 1898
Died
France and Flanders - 27 November 1917
Age
19
Death
Killed in action
Served in
London
Awards
Unknown
Memorials
Unknown
Lived
Plaistow

Herbert Edgar's story

Also remembered: Ilford King George V Hospital memorial.

Parents’ address: 35 Castleton Road, Goodmayes, Essex

Served in A Company London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)

Service Number
554843
Mother
Emma
Father
Wallace
Spouse
Unknown
Buried
Louverval Military Cemetery, France
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