Jean Crossley was born on Monday 30 April 1928.

Jean married David Anthony Phillips on Sunday 21 January 1951 in Westminster, London.

She had the following children from her marriage to David Anthony Phillips:

- Christopher Charles Anthony Phillips	born on 25 August 1951 at Surrey.
- Rosalind Jeanne Marianne Phillips	born in 1953 (date suppressed) at Wandsworth, London.
- Caroline Patricia Ann Phillips	born in 1957 (date suppressed) at Cuckfield, Sussex.
- Julian Noel David Phillips	born in 1962 (date suppressed) at Weymouth, Dorset.

Jean died on Sunday 22 March 2015.