John George ("Jack") Phillips was born on April 11, 1887 in Godalming, Surrey, England and lived with his parents and two sisters above a drapers shop on Farncome High Street. His parents slept below in a back room while Jack and his sisters had the 2 bedrooms upstairs. After graduating from grammar school, Jack passed his Civil Service examinations and began work as a telegraphist in the local post office.


This site has pictures of what used to be his old grammer school and where he worked.
Also pictures at bottom of page of his memorial etc

http://www.hf.ro/jack.htm

Another page you may find interesting, it is more personal and talks of his reputation as a 'cad' and how his parents wished to see him married. Also talks about his relationship with Beatrice Fallon.

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/7937/jphillips.html

I like to know the personal stories too and as for whatever happened that night we will never trully know, a young man's life was cut short and if he made any errors this was simply one of many.