Dr Christopher Phillips PhD History (University of Leeds), MA British First World War Studies (University of Birmingham), BA(Hons) Economic and Social History (University of Birmingham)
Lecturer in the History of Warfare
- Lecturer in the History of WarfareDepartment of International Politics - Teaching And Research
Department of International Politics

- 2022
Railways
Phillips, C., 30 Jun 2022, The British Home Front and the First World War. Strachan, H. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 425-445Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
- Accepted/In press
Britain’s railway experts and the perception of industrial warfare: Understanding the evolution of the Western Front
Phillips, C., Mar 2022, (Accepted/In press) Railways in the First World War.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
- 2020
Civilian Specialists at War: Britain's Transport Experts and the First World War
Phillips, C., 30 Apr 2020, London: University of London Press. 424 p. (New Historical Perspectives)Research output: Book/Report › Book
- 2018
- Published
The changing nature of supply
Phillips, C., 15 Jul 2018, At All Costs: The British Army on the Western Front 1916. Jones, S. (ed.). Warwick: Helion, p. 117-138 22 p. (Wolverhampton Military Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Organization of War Economies (Great Britain and Ireland)
Phillips, C., 2018, 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Daniel, U., Gatrell, P., Janz, O., Jones, H., Keene, J., Kramer, A., Nasson, B. & Gregory, A. (eds.). Freie Universität BerlinResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
- Published
- 2017
Geddes, Eric Campbell, Sir
Phillips, C., 2017, 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Daniel, U., Gatrell, P., Janz, O., Jones, H., Keene, J., Kramer, A., Nasson, B. & Wellington, J. (eds.). Freie Universität BerlinResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Keeping the war moving: researching WW1 transport and logistics
Phillips, C., 2017, Local History News, 123, p. 5-6 2 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
- 2016
Logistics and the BEF: The Development of Waterborne Transport on the Western Front, 1914-1916
Phillips, C., 19 Feb 2016, In: British Journal for Military History. 2, 2, p. 42-58 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2015
- Published
Dent, Sir Francis Henry (1866-1955)
Phillips, C., 2015, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
- Published
Early Experiments in Civil–Military Cooperation: The South-Eastern and Chatham Railway and the Port of Boulogne, 1914–15
Phillips, C., 2015, In: War and Society. 34, 2, p. 90-104 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2014
- Published
Not your typical soldier, not your typical service: Sir Francis Dent and the First World War
Phillips, C., 2014, Historian, 122, p. 28-31 4 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
- 2013
Henry Wilson and the role of civil-military cooperation during the planning of British mobilisation for war, 1910-1914
Phillips, C., 2013, In: Ex Historia. 5, p. 115-135 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review