Photograph and medals of Pte Evan Phillips (4)

A photograph of Pte Evan Phillips, wife Elizabeth and their two children Eva and David of the Viggin Farm, Maesmawr, Montgomeryshire (now Powys), Wales.

A photograph of two brothers in uniform on horseback, Evan and Richard Phillips, sons of Mr and Mrs David Phillips of Moelygarth.

A photocopy of a silk memento from the memorial service - held in Groes Chapel on behalf of Pte 60161 Evan Phillips.
Scan of 2 photographs of statutory medals sent to the bereaved family of Pte Evan Phillips.

Pte Evan Phillips (60161, 9th Batt. Welsh Regiment. No known grave. Name on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke).

Mrs Jones: Private Phillips was killed in the trenches in France in May 1918. Because of the desperate need for more men to replace the fallen Pte Phillips joined up in June 1917 and went out to France in the following November. His mate Lloyd Jones of Cefn-Ddu, Maesmawr told only his own mother of how Evan had died but both refused to relate it to his widow or parents. None of Evan's personal possessions were returned which included a much treasured silver watch. Just before he was killed he had a leave and spent it complying with the Agriculture rules to plough and sow certain crops for the war effort on his holding at the Viggin. Evan's daughter Eva related of hearing of her mother being so distraught at Evan's loss, that she stayed in her bedroom for weeks. Elizabeth had to leave the Viggin. Four brothers and sisters living at Stone House, Trelydan, bought Little Stone House, Maesmawr, where Mrs Phillips went to live which she successfully ran and provided a happy home for the two fatherless children (Eva aged two, David aged 5). They eventually bought Little Stone House which David continued to farm till he died in his 60s, and Eva became a brilliant seamstress.

These images are a sample from a folder of research undertaken by Mrs Jones into the men named on the war memorial (1914-1919) of Guilsfield parish (near Welshpool, Montgomeryshire - now Powys, in Wales). The names include: Frank Arthur, Ernest Charlton, Edward Evans, Robert Evans, Fred Evans, Charles Galliers, Robert Gainsford, Edward Griffiths,John Higgins, Edwin Jones, James Jones, Charles Jones, William Jones, Alan Langlands, Edward Lloyd, John Lloyd, Richard Morgan, Edward Morris, John Owen, Evan Phillips, Herbert Trevor, David E. Bailey, Herbert Bailey, Arthur Gough, Charles Jones, George R. Jones, Arthur T. Lewis, Mathew W.H. Morris, Richard D.H. Mytton, Gruffydd V. Trevor. Representing a number of regiments of the army, also the Royal Navy and the Royal Flying Corps. Also evident is the volunteers who joined up early in the war, as well as the tribunals which decided that even though farming was a reserved occupation that man-power being so scarce some men would be compelled to join the army, leaving their families, their aging fathers, mothers, sisters and younger siblings to continue to provide food for the war effort - an insight into the home-front in rural Wales.

这张照片拍摄于威尔士蒙哥马利郡（现波伊斯郡）梅斯莫尔的维金农场，主角为列兵（Private，简称Pte）埃文·菲利普斯、妻子伊丽莎白，以及他们的两个孩子伊娃和大卫。
两名身着军装的骑兵兄弟——埃文·菲利普斯与理查德·菲利普斯的合影，他们是莫利加思的大卫·菲利普斯夫妇的儿子。
为列兵60161号埃文·菲利普斯举办的追悼会于格罗斯教堂举行，此为其丝绸纪念物的复印件。
寄给列兵埃文·菲利普斯遗属的法定阵亡纪念奖章的两张照片扫描件。
列兵埃文·菲利普斯（编号60161，威尔士军团第9营），无已知安葬地点，其姓名镌刻于宗讷贝克（Zonnebeke）的泰恩科特纪念碑（Tyne Cot Memorial）上。
琼斯夫人回忆道：菲利普斯列兵于1918年5月在法国战壕中阵亡。由于前线亟需兵员补充，菲利普斯于1917年6月应征入伍，同年11月赴法参战。他的战友、来自梅斯莫尔塞夫恩杜的劳埃德·琼斯仅将埃文的阵亡详情告知了自己的母亲，二人皆拒绝向埃文的遗孀与父母透露此事。埃文的个人遗物悉数未被归还，其中包括一枚他极为珍视的银怀表。阵亡前不久，埃文正休假，他利用假期遵照农业管理条例，在自己位于维金农场的田地上耕作播种，以支援战时生产。埃文的女儿伊娃回忆称，母亲伊丽莎白因痛失丈夫悲痛欲绝，连续数周闭门不出，最终不得不离开维金农场。住在特雷尔丹石屋的四兄妹买下了梅斯莫尔的小石屋，菲利普斯夫人携两名年幼的子女搬至此处居住。她将小石屋经营得井井有条，为当时年仅2岁的伊娃与5岁的大卫打造了一个温馨的无父之家。后来这四兄妹最终将小石屋转予二人，大卫在此务农直至60余岁离世，而伊娃则成为了一名技艺精湛的女裁缝。
本批影像为琼斯夫人研究项目资料夹中的样本，该项目旨在梳理威尔士盖尔斯菲尔德教区（位于蒙哥马利郡威尔士浦附近，现属波伊斯郡）1914-1919年战争纪念碑上镌刻的阵亡将士姓名。纪念碑上的姓名包括：弗兰克·阿瑟、欧内斯特·查尔顿、爱德华·埃文斯、罗伯特·埃文斯、弗雷德·埃文斯、查尔斯·加利亚尔斯、罗伯特·盖恩斯福德、爱德华·格里菲思、约翰·希金斯、埃德温·琼斯、詹姆斯·琼斯、查尔斯·琼斯、威廉·琼斯、艾伦·兰兰兹、爱德华·劳埃德、约翰·劳埃德、理查德·摩根、爱德华·莫里斯、约翰·欧文、埃文·菲利普斯、赫伯特·特雷弗、戴维·E·贝利、赫伯特·贝利、阿瑟·高夫、查尔斯·琼斯、乔治·R·琼斯、阿瑟·T·刘易斯、马修·W·H·莫里斯、理查德·D·H·米顿、格鲁菲德·V·特雷弗。这些将士分属陆军多个军团、皇家海军（Royal Navy）与皇家飞行队（Royal Flying Corps）。资料同时展现了战争初期应征入伍的志愿兵群体，以及征兵仲裁庭（tribunals）的裁决案例：尽管农业属于豁免兵役职业（reserved occupation），但当时兵员极度匮乏，部分男性仍被强制征召入伍，留下家人、年迈的父母、姐妹与年幼的弟妹继续从事农业生产，为战时后勤提供粮食保障——这为我们了解威尔士乡村的后方民生提供了珍贵视角。