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Private A V Whatmough

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Private Alfred Victor WHATMOUGH, L/10692, 6th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 2nd July  1916.

22nd July 1896, born Woolwich, Kent, son of Henry Edward & Marie Ellena Whatmough, Clevedon, Craighton Road, Well Hall, Eltham, SE9.

1911 Census - 13 Whitworth Road, Plumstead, Woolwich - Henry Edward Whatmough, head, age 43, married, Storeholder (Civil Service), Army Ordnance Department, worker, born Plumstead, Kent; Marie Ellena Whatmough, wife, age 40, married 19 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Aldershot, Hampshire; Eveline Maud Whatmough, daughter, age 18, single, born Woolwich, Kent; Bertram George Whatmough, son, age 16, single, boy writer, Enquiry Agents, worker, born Woolwich, Kent; Henry Edward Whatmough, son, age 15, single, Boy Messenger, Army Ordnance Department, worker, born Woolwich, Kent; Alfred Victor Whatmough, son, age 13, school, born Woolwich, Kent; Ernest Charles Whatmough, son, age 12, school, born Woolwich, Kent; Nellie Winifred Whatmough, daughter, age 7, school, born Plumstead, Kent; William Edgar Whatmough, son, age 4, born Plumstead, Kent.

6th March 1915, Captain K M Body, A V Whatmough who has been serving in the Army Ordnance Department, has permission to resign his appointment for the purpose of enlisting in His Majesty's Service.

Enlisted  Woolwich, Kent, age 18 years & 214 days, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 110lbs, fresh complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair. Formerly clerk.

Home, 6th March 1915 to 13th December 1915; BEF, 14th December 1915 to 2nd July  1916.

6th March 1915, enlisted; 7th March 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th March 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th July 1915, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 22nd November 1915, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 14th December 1915, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th December 1915, embarked; 24th December 1915, joined 6th Battalion, In the Field; 25th January 1916, reverts to Private at own request; 3rd February 1916, 38 Field Ambulance, septic foot; 13th February 1916, rejoined Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

26th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Henry Ed Whatmough, 71,Craighton Road, Well Hall, Eltham SE9; Brothers - Bertram George, age 25, 71, Craighton Road, Well Hall, Eltham SE9; Henry Edward, age 22, 71,Craighton Road, Well Hall, Eltham SE9; William Edgar, age 13, 71,Craighton Road, Well Hall, Eltham SE9; Sisters - Eveline Maud Parkes, age 26, 142  Well Hall Road, Eltham SE9; Helen Winifred Whatmough, age 16, 71,Craighton Road, Well Hall, Eltham SE9.

Commemorated  Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

NOTE: both Regimental History & Soldiers Died in the Great War show Service No. as L/16092; CWGC web site & Service Records show it as L/10692.