The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Private H Whittaker
Private Henry WHITTAKER, G/442, 6th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 14th October 1917.
Born Dudley Port, Birmingham, Stafford.
1911 Census - 17 Vineleigh Road, Penge - Henry Whittaker, head, age 30, married, coal miner, worker, born Dudley Port, Stafford; Annie Whittaker, wife, age 36, married 4 years, no children, born Dudley Port, Stafford; Tomas Leach, boarder, age 47, single, greengrocer, worker, born Camden Town, London.
Formerly served 4th Staffordshire Regiment.
Home 30th August 1914 to 20th April 1915; BEF 21st April 1915 to 24th July 1916; Home 25th July 1916 to 22nd May 1917; BEF 23rd May 1917 to 14th October 1917.
Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 32 years & 5 months, height 5ft 11½ inches, weight 146lbs, complexion, dark, brown eyes, dark brown hair. 1 scar right knee, 1 scar left ring finger, ????of ???? on back. Resided 90 Station Road, Penge, SE20. Formerly pedler.
30th August 1914, enlisted; 31st August 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th February 1915 to 10th March 1915, Shorncliffe, gonorrhea; 31st March 1915, Chatham, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th July 1916 to 22nd September 1916, Netley, gun shot wound leg, left, fractured tibia; 22nd September 1916 to 20th October 1916, ????? House, Fareham; 20th October 1916 to 31st October 1916, Netley; 24th November 1916, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea; 21st December 1916, absent from Tattoo until 4.00pm 26th December 1916, 10 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 6 days pay; 14th February 1917, marked fit by Medical Board; 19th February 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th May 1917, absent from 9.30pm till 9.00pm 7th May 1917, 7 days Field Punishment No.2. forfeits 4 days pay; 23rd May 1917, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.
13th May 1918, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow, Ann(e) Jane Whittaker
Commemorated Arras Memorial, Bay 7, Pas de Calais, France.
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