- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF), Combined Operations Headquarters, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Awarded for:
- Operation Aquatint
March-Phillips, reported missing, was recommended for a bar to the DSO for his leadership, approved by Lord Mountbatten. After his death had been confirmed he was awarded a mention in dispatches, in place of the DSO which was not awarded posthumously.