Born in Bury, Phillip lived in Maghull and enlisted in Ormskirk. He originally joined the King’s (Liverpool Regiment), but was transferred to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He went over the top near the village of Messines, Belgium, on June 7th, 1917. Badly wounded, Private Fox was rushed to the casualty clearing station at Lijssenthoek where he succumbed to his wounds the next day. He is buried in the cemetery adjacent to the hospital.