Roll of Honor
Incident
At 10:20pm on the night of 16th May 1940, Special Constable Phillips was found lying unconscious in Stockwell Lane, near the parish hall in Woodmancote.
He was taken by ambulance to the Cheltenham General Hospital but died shortly after admission.
Hubert had joined the Special Constabulary in December the previous year.
He had suffered from chest problems since being gassed while serving in The Great War with the Worcestershire Regiment, though an inquest returned a verdict of death through natural causes.
SC Phillips left a widow and a 15-year-old daughter.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Constable Phillips served with the Gloucestershire Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Constable Phillips.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Special Constable Hubert Jesse Phillips is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ENG, 719 of 2,827 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 25.4% of this state's fallen. That is 16.3 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At Gloucestershire Constabulary, 8 of 18 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 44.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Hubert Jesse Phillips's cause is highlighted.
How Hubert Jesse Phillips Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Hubert Jesse Phillips is highlighted in May.
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