Joseph Phillip Meeks
In 1911 he was a cycle fitter.
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Joseph Phillip Meeks was born in 1888 at Nottingham, he was the son of Philip a cotton spinner and Mary Meeks née Smith.
His father Phillip was born in 1864 at Caxton, Cambridgeshire, his mother Mary Smith was born in 1865 at Nottingham, they were married on 4th September 1886 at Lenton Priory Church, Nottingham, they had a further child George born 1887 at Lenton.
In the 1911 census the family lived at 12 Churchill Street Gregory Street Lenton Nottingham Phillip Meeks 47 yrs is a cotton spinner he is living with his wife Mary 46 yrs and their son Joseph 23 yrs single and a cylce fitter in a cycle works.
Private Joseph Phillip Meeks enlisted at Nottingham, he served with the 1st battalion East Lancashire Regiment, he was killed in action on 4th October 1917 he is buried at Bedford House Cemetery West Vlaanderen Belgium Enclosure 4 Grave Reference: 11 B 49
additional research and informatio Peter Gillings
Jospeh Phillip Meeks
Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone marking his grave at Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. Courtesy of Murray Biddle