Hugh Phillips

Hugh Phillips died on 1 February 1997, aged eighty three years. He was born and for the first part of his life lived and was educated in Cardiff. This was followed by a brief period studying at Bonn University in Germany.

He joined the RAF during the Second World War and served as a navigator, flying mainly the Mosquito. After the war, he served as an intelligence officer attached to the RAF and the Allied High Commission in Germany.

He subsequently taught in an Army School in Germany and later in Magdalene College School in Brackley. From here, after a short gap, he went to Warwick University where he took his MA degree in German. He was invited to lecture to the students in that department and later to act as tutor to students working for teaching qualifications, also at Warwick University.

From 1975 to 1978, Hugh and Niki lived in Cross Lane in Helmdon and they returned there in 1991.

Hugh loved Helmdon and really enjoyed and appreciated the surrounding countryside. He especially loved his home and his friends in Cross Lane. He is missed and mourned so very much by all who knew and loved him.

From Talkabout Spring 1997