William Philo

{{Short description|English boxer (1882–1916)}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's Boxing}}

{{MedalBronze | 1908 London | Middleweight}}

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William Philo (17 February 1882 in Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom – 7 July 1916 in France) was a British Middleweight professional boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics, losing against Reginald Baker in the semi-finals.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ph/william-philo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042229/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ph/william-philo-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=William Philo |accessdate=3 August 2015 |work=Sports Reference}} He served in the British Army with the 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers and was posted missing, aged 34, during the Battle of the Somme in France on 7 July 1916 as a Company Serjeant Major.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=3 August 2015 |work=Sports Reference}} His remains were not recovered, and his name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial.[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1548135 Philo, William], Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 19 August 2008