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Sgt. Henry Charles "Dick" Whittington
British Army 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Uxbridge
My father, Henry Whittington was in the 15th Battalion, Civil Service Rifles, London Regiment, and wounded badly in the Battle of the Somme. I have a photo of him in uniform with others who I think must also have been members of the Civil Service Rifles. The names are printed on the photo in very small grey print but appear to be as follows:
- G E White
- S J S Fright
- S O Shave
- H C Whittington
- S F Edser
- F H Millman
- F Holt
- C J Andrews
- G F Ive
- J S Ruttle
- P D J Kmightley
- W J Saville
- R Jobling
- F H Bushnell
- H Lewis
The name Fred Bushell is a familiar one from my childhood - he was either a friend, or possibly the boss, at the PLA where my father worked as an accounting officer - it is possible that all those in this photo worked at the PLA. I have just discovered a note on the back of the photo cover which says 'Souvenir of the Controllers Office'.
I also have a leather bound copy of a small volume of writings by Pte Edward Loxdale, also of the Civil Service Rifles, entitled 'A souvenir of a Soldier'. Some of the writings were published in the Territorial Service Gazette or The Star. My father has annotated the booklet at various points, including naming all the individuals on a photo:
- Lew Martin
- Jacobs
- Hundleby
- Coward
- Loxdale
- R J Thompson
- Ern Kettle
- Jack Rose
- Sgt. "Nick" Nichol
- Fred Ive
At the end of the booklet it states that Pte Edward Loxdale was killed in the Hohenzollern Redoubt, 1st of January 1916. There is also a Sgt. Chick was killed at Vimy Ridge on 22nd of May 1916.
Sgt. Arthur Whittle MID
British Army 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment
from:Blackburn
(d.22 February 1915)
Arthur Whittle served and Mentioned in Dispatches, Boer War at Kimberley, volunteered for WW1.
Ldg.Teg. George Ernest Whittle
Royal Navy HMS Crescent
George Whittle served on-board HMS Crescent between 20th October 1917 and 15th February 1918.
Pte. Thomas Henry Whittle
British Army 7th Btn. Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment
from:Croydon
(d.10th Aug 1917)
Pte. W. Whittle
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Usworth Colliery
W Whittle was wounded in November 1916
Mjr. Charles Whittlesey MH.
United States Army 77th Division
An attorney by trade, Charles Whittlesey later made his name as the uncompromising commander of the so-called Lost Battalion, an American unit that became stuck behind German lines. On 2nd of October 1918, the bookish and bespectacled Whittlesey led his men into hostile territory as part of a coordinated offensive in the Argonne Forest. But due to poor communication, his unit crossed the rough terrain too swiftly and was soon cut off and enveloped by German forces.
WhittleseyĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s nearly 600-strong force dug in and established a makeshift defensive line. Despite being low on food, water and ammunition, they spent the next five days dodging sniper fire and repelling wave after wave of German attacks. At one point, their own troops began accidentally shelling their position, but Whittlesey launched a carrier pigeon and managed to stop the barrage of friendly fire. The Americans were later offered a chance to surrender, but Whittlesey held his ground and fought on against increasingly grim odds. Allied reinforcements finally arrived and forced the enemy to retreat on October 8. By then, only 194 of the Americans were still standing, among them Whittlesey, who was later awarded the Medal of Honor for his extreme bravery and coolness under fire. Sadly, Whittlesey remained haunted by the war for the rest of his life, and later committed suicide in 1921 by throwing himself off a ship as it sailed toward Cuba.
CSM William James Whitton MID
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
(d.1st November 1918)
Company Serjeant Major Whitton was 32 when he died and is buried in Grave 654 in the Kilcock (St. Joseph's) Cemetery, Kilcock, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Rfmn. Val Whitty
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.19th May 1916)
Val Whitty served as a Rifleman with 1st Batt. Royal Irish Rifles. he was killed in action in France on the 19th of May 1916. Looking for any details about him that might be recorded. His Father was also in that regiment but survived.
Pte. James Stanley Whitwell
British Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Dawdon, Co Durham
(d.23rd October 1918)
My great uncle, Jim Whitwell was killed towards the end of the war at age of 21. He is buried at CWGC Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension.
A/Cpl. Frederick Whitwham
Kings Royal Rifle Corps 9th Btn.
from:Batley
(d.13th Dec 1917)
Fred Whitwham is a relation of my husband, I came across him while researching my husband's family history Thought it would be nice to add his name in remembrance. He was just 21 years old in December 1917, when he died.
Sgt. Albert James Whitwood
British Army 8th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Felmingham, Norfolk
(d.1st July 1916)
2nd Lt Arthur George Richard Whitworth
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:"Strathray," Birling Rd, Tunbridge Wells
(d.30th Mar 1918)
Whitworth, Arthur, George, Richard. Second Lieutenant, Died of Wounds on 30th March 1918. Aged 20 years.
Buried in the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme in grave III. A. 17.
Son of Julius Harry and Selina Elton Whitworth, of "Strathray," Birling Rd, Tunbridge Wells. Born at Fordham, Cambs. Educated at Persse School, Cambridge, and Downing College, Cambridge.
19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers records, show that 2nd Lt Whitworth joined the Battalion in France from 24/27th Btn N.F. CWGC records show him as 24th Btn N.F.(Tyneside Irish) He may have been attached.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. Benjamin Whitworth
British Army 7th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Sheffield
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Benjamin Whitworth was born in Wigan, Lancashire in 1895 and moved to Sheffield shortly after. He was employed for six years at Samuel Osbourn Works in Sheffield.
In March 1915 he enlisted at Attercliffe, Sheffield in the British Army, joining 7th Battalion of The East Yorkshire Regiment and was sent to France in July 1915.He was killed on 1st July 1916 in the "Big Push" at the Battle of the Somme aged 21, and is buried in Fricourt New Cemetery.
L/Cpl. Richard Whitworth
British Army 2nd Btn Royal Irish Rifles
from:Dundalk Co. Louth
(d.8th Aug 1917)
My brother and I went to Ypres to see grandad's name on the Menin Gate Memorial and honour the fallen at the evening ceremony; the most moving experience of my life
Pte. H. Wholey
British Army 12th Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment
Pte. H Wholey served with the 12th (City of Sheffield) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment.
Pte. George William Whomersley MM.
British Army 4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
George Whomersley enlisted on the 1st of November 1916 and served in France from 28th of February 1917 to 23rd of August 1917 and from 1st of September 1918 to 8th of January 1919. He was wounded on the 27th of June 1917. He was awarded the Military Medal.
Bandsman. Tom Whyatt
British Army 5th Btn. A Coy. East Surrey Regiment
from:Westnorwood
I have found a letter from Tom Whyatt addressed to, I guess, his girlfriend; a Miss King. It was sent from a troopship (looks like an E, bit hard to read) 2106 C/O G.P.O. The letter is dated 2nd of November 1914.
Robert Edward Whybrow
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Lapworth
My grandfather, Robert Whybrow, was in the Machine Gun Corps. All I know is that he was on the Western Front and used to mention Ypres. He was awarded the British War Medal and the allied Victory Medal. He lived till he was 92 years old. I am trying to find out more about him.
Bdr. Arthur Duncan Whyte MID.
British Army 118th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Peterhead, Scotland
My grandfather Arthur Duncan Whyte was a signaller in 118th Siege BAttery RGA served from June 1916 to 1919 just about everywhere on the Somme and Ypres battlefields. His story is told in a book 'Gunfire :Diary of a Siege Gunner' by A.W. Paton and published in 1927. He was a very proud man and spent many hours helping those returned servicemen who did not come away from the war unscathed.
The battery was a Scots battery and was raised round Edinburgh in 1915. It was nicknamed the "Crown Nine" battery.
Pte. Bernard William Whyte
British Army 13th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Liverpool
My grandfather Bernard William Whyte was born in Chatham Kent but moved to Liverpool prior to the outbreak of WW1. He was an employee of Lever Brothers Port Sunlight and he responded to the call to join up. On 7th September 1914, 700 Lever Brothers employees travelled from Port Sunlight to Chester by train and walked the mile to the Cheshire Military Museum at the Castle to enlist in the 13th Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment. They were the largest group of volunteers from any works in the country to sign-up to fight in the First World War.
Bernard, fortunately, survived the war although he was taken POW in April 1918 but he was repatriated at the end of the war. On his service record it states he was awarded the military medal.
Sgt. H. Whyte
British Army Leinster Regiment
(d.13th August 1914)
Serjeant H Whyte is buried in the Birr Military Cemetery in Co. Offaly, Ireland.
Major James Cameron Whyte
British Army Northumberland Fusiliers
from:London
Mjr. James Cameron "Chalky" Whyte
British Army 10th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:London
My grandfather, James Cameron Whyte, served for five years from 1913 until he left the force in 1919. He started as a private and left as a major. He was up-graded to 2nd lieutenant for bravery in the field.
Lt. John Stanley Whyte
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
John Whyte served with the 7th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Royal Engineers in WW1.
William Whyte
British Army 69th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
Pte. William John Wick
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Arthur Frederick Wickenden
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers
My Granddad, Arthur Wickenden lied about his age to join the Army on the 28th of January 1911 having been born 15/1/1895. He was posted to the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers who were at Kinsale in Ireland when the war broke out.
The Battalion was moved to Cambridgeshire and then in to France on 7th of September 1914. He was either hit by a bullet, but more likely shrapnel in the stomach. Upon recovery, he was posted to 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers and went to Gallipoli as a replacement for troops killed or wounded there. 2nd Battalion went to France and Granddad was wounded again. The thought is that he was gassed. When recovered he was posted back to his original battalion. The story is that he was wounded again in an advance when he caught a burst from a machine gun and laid on the battlefield for three days. The wounds resulted in him losing the use of the fingers on one hand.
He left the army as an invalid on 28/11/1917 shown as aged 25 years on his record but actually a month and a half away from being 23. Granddad also changed his name a little as he was baptised Frederick Arthur Wickenden.
L/Cpl. John Henry Wickenden
British Army 3rd Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:London
Jack Wickenden served with the 3rd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry in WW1
Pte. Walter Thomas Wickers MM.
Australian Imperial Force. 45th Btn.
from:Marrickville NSW
(d.7th June 1917)
Private Walter Wickers has no known grave. He was awarded the Military Medal.
Pte. Albert Edward Wickes
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Brierfield, Burnley
(d.14th Mar 1915)
Private Albert Edward Wickes was the father of one child and husband of Ruth Wickes, of 25 Carlton Street, Brierfield, Burnley. Before the war he worked as a weaver at Messrs. Haythornthwaite's in Brierfield. In November 1914 his family received a postcard from him explaining how he had been wounded in the First Battle of Ypres on the 13th, and subsequently taken prisoner by the Germans. He was aged 35 when he died of wounds in the Wittenberg detention camp. Albert Wickes is buried in the Berlin South Western Cemetery in Germany.
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