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The Bancrofts School Roll of Honour located in the School Cloisters The Bancrofts School Roll of Honour located in the School Cloisters
Photo : Simon Coxall of the The Bancroftian Network

167 names of boys and masters are commemorated on Roll of Honour for Bancofts School, Woodford Green, Essex. These 167 names represent approximately 1 in 5 of those who served during the First World War. The Roll of Honour is located in the School Cloisters.

The school's War Memorial is located in a quadrangle adjacent to the School Chapel.

Of the names of those killed, one is an Officer of the Yorkshire Regiment.

We are extremely grateful to Simon Coxall of the The Bancroftian Network for providing information on this Officer and the memorials, together with photographs.

Lieutenant Percy Montague Phillips.
13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 September 1916.
Buried PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE.

Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) has researched some of Lieutenant Phillips' background and states that he was the son of George Henry & Eliza Emma Phillips. Born 1891 in Limehouse, London. Resided Leytonstone, London.

The following information on Lieut. Phillips was provided by Bob Coulson.

"Percy Phillips sailed with the 13th Battalion as they set out on “The great adventure” from Southampton, landing at Le Havre on June 6th 1916.
In July the battalion took over trenches in the Maroc sector and remained in this area until moving into the Loos sector on September 11th 1916.
In the area of the Village Line and Duke Street the battalion carried out several trench raids and it was during one of these that Lt Percy Montague Phillips was killed in action on September 25th
1916 exactly one year to the day that the first Battle of Loos had begun."

A much fuller biography of Lieutenant Phillips, with especial emphasis on his school days, can be read on the pages of The Bancroftian Network.

Lieutenant Phillips' Name on the Bancrofts School Roll of Honour (3rd Panel)
Lieutenant Phillips' Name on the Bancrofts School Roll of Honour (3rd Panel)
Photo : Simon Coxall of the The Bancroftian Network

Bancrofts School Quadrangle and the School Chapel (right)Bancrofts School Quadrangle and the School Chapel (right)
Photo : Simon Coxall of the The Bancroftian Network

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