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  • Morecambe
  • England
  • Son of William J. and E. E. Whitehead, of 16, Beach St., Bare, Morecambe, Lancs; he joined together with his brother Wilfred; the eldest brother, Reginald, served in the same regiment; their father William was the regimental band master; another brother, Halcot, served with the Royal Fusiliers; two sisters: Connie and Winifred. Wilfred was POW and died in a German hospital four days after armistice. Reginald and Halcot survived the war;

Military service

  • Morecambe, September 1914
  • 240955
  • Private
  • 1st/5th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
  • to France on 14 February 1915

Death

  • Died of gunshot wounds, righ side, shoulder, leg, in n°3 Can CCS
  • 20
  • XV - E - 11A

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