Sir Brigadier Philip Toosey CBE DSO TD JP
(1904-1975)
British Army Brigadier, Justice of the Peace, Territorial Decoration recipient, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (from 1941), Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (from 1955), High Sheriff of Lancashire (1964-1965), and Knight Bachelor (from 1974)
Commemorated on 1 plaque
Brigadier Sir Philip John Denton Toosey lived here 1910-1932 Merchant Banker; High Sherrif of Lancashire; President Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Senior Officer, Tamarkan, Siam 1942-1945 Far East POW Camp made famous by Sir Alec Guinness in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai
Rose Mount, Oxton, United Kingdom where they lived