Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque 1914-18 (Thomas Martin Phillips) very fine £100-150

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Martin Phillips, 103 Squadron, Royal Air Force, was killed in action on 18 September 1918.

During a raid on Harbourdin, 2nd Lieutenant Phillips and 2nd Lieutenant Owen, flying a DH-9, were killed in action over Lille, assumed to be hit by ack-ack and observed to spin down and crash from 15,000 feet, but now believed to have been shot down by Jasta 52 pitot OfStv O. Sowa. He is buried in Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaiz. He was the son of Howell and Hannah Phillips, of Manselton, Swansea, and aged 24.