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Pte. George Thomas Whitaker

British Army 11th Btn. Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment

from:Mealbank, Wray, Lancaster, Lancs

George T Whitaker is back row, right side. Taken either on Anglesey or Whalley where he recovering from being shot in the right arm in France.

Dad, George Whitaker was born 14th Jan 1897, he was the son of George Thomas sen. & Ann Whitaker, youngest of 5 children. He married Gertrude Skeats at Burton-in-Lonsdale chapel 5th Jan 1928 & had 5 children.

He enlisted at Lancaster in the Kings Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment and was later with the 11th Sherwood Forresters & was discharged on the 6th Apr 1920. He was wounded in his right arm, with a bullet wound from elbow to shoulder, which disabled him for the rest of his life, he was sent to a military hospital at Anglesey, later convalescing at Whalley. We wondered where he served in France



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