Born at Maidstone, Kent.
Enlisted at London on the 24th of February 1848.
Age: 21.
Height: 5' 8".
Trade: Baker.
Sent to Scutari on the 13th of September 1854 and to rejoin the regiment on the 3rd of October.
At Scutari again from the 4th of April to the 11th of May 1855.
Discharged, "time expired", from Manchester on the 27th of February 1860.
Conduct: "good".
In possession of two Good Conduct badges.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
A "J. Phillips" was shown in the 1877 list of members of the Balaclava Commemoration Society, but not in the 1879 revised list.