2129 Private Edward "Eddy" Whitlow Army 2/4th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment from:at Railway View, Padgate, Warrington Private Edward Whitlow enlisted in the 2/4th Btn South Lancs regiment part of the 57th 2nd west lancs division. He joined the territorials at Warrington on 22nd November 1915, under the Derby Scheme. This meant that he was immediately posted to the Army Reserve and sent home to await call-up. The call came on 20th January 1917 he was sent to France 15 February 1917 arriving at Merris on 23 February 1917 and 3 days later 26 February 1917 sent to the front just North of Le Tilleloy. He was gassed and evacuated back to UK (Eastbourne) on 1 August 1917.
When he was sufficiently recovered, he was posted to ‘A’ Company of the 3rd Btn. of his regiment on 19th February, 1919, and served in Dublin, Ireland for some time.
He was finally discharged from the Army on 13th June, 1919. He was adjudged to be 30% disabled due to “Inflammation of the stomach†which was attributed to his war service. He was granted a pension of 8s. 3d per week to be reviewed after 1 year.
On discharge, his military character was described as “goodâ€.
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