Louis Murray Phillpotts

Brigadier General Louis Murray Phillpotts CMG DSO (1870–1916) was a senior British Army officer during the First World War.

Early life
Louis Murray Phillpotts was born on 3 June 1870 in Lamerton near Tavistock in Devon, he was educated at Bedford School and at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

British Army
He received his first commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in February 1890, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 14 February 1893. He served during the Second Boer War, between 1899 and 1901, took part in the Siege of Kimberley and fought in the Battle of Modder River. He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 23 January 1900, and to the rank of Major on 3 July 1907. He served during the First World War, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in October 1914, and to the rank of Brigadier General in 1915.

Brigadier General Louis Murray Phillpotts was invested as a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in September 1901, and as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in June 1916.

Family life
Philpotts married Amy Anne Charlotte Duckett in 1909 and they had a son in Henry in 1910. Philpotts was killed in action in France on 8 September 1916, aged 46.