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Surname: WHITAKER
Forename(s): Inman
Place of Birth: Salterforth, Yorkshire
Service No: 40185
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 5th Battalion
Division: 59th (2/North Midland) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-03-21
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 7 and 8.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Inman Whitaker was the son of Thomas and Jane Whitaker, née Peel. Thomas was born at Barnoldswick and Jane at Salterforth, Yorkshire.
1891 Salterforth, Yorkshire Census: Inman Whitaker, aged 3 years, born Salterforth, son of Thomas and Jane Whitaker.
1901 Salterforth, Yorkshire Census: Booth House Farm - Inman Whitaker, aged 13 years, born Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, son of Thomas and Jane Whitaker.
Inman was married to Alice Taylor in 1908. Alice married James Wadsworth in 1920.
1911 Salterforth, Yorkshire Census: Park Close Cottages - Inman Whitaker, aged 23 years, born Salterforth, husband of Alice Whitaker.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Inman Whitaker, 40185, North Staff. R. K. in A. 21.3.18.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Inman Whitaker, 40185, 2/5 N. Staff. R. K. in A. 21.3.18. [The 1/5th Bn absorbed the 2/5th Bn on the 6 February 1918.]
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Inman Whitaker, 40185, 5th North Staffs. Date and Place of Death: 21.3.18 on or since. France. Presd. dead. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Executors - Thomas Whitaker and William Taylor. £13 5s. 2d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Inman. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Alice, born 25.6.85. Address: 14, Park Avenue, Barnoldswick, Yorks. Children: Charles Allan, born 15.12.08. Bessie, born 15.12.10. Jane Eileen, born 27.11.13. Arthur Vincent, born 3.3.17. Claimant: Mrs Alice Wadsworth (formerly Whitaker) Relationship to Man: late widow. Address: 27, Mosley Street, Barnoldswick, Yorks.
A short biography of Inman is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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Private Inman WHITAKER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 59th (2/North Midland) Division
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26 April 1918
WOUNDED AND MISSING
Private Inman Whitaker, North Staffordshire Regiment, of Barnoldswick, has been officially reported missing since March 21st. He formerly carried on business as estate agent and accountant at Bank Buildings, and resided at 14 Park Avenue.
20 September 1918
BARNOLDSWICK – Missing Six Months
After six months anxiety and fruitless enquiries, the welcome news came to hand yesterday (Thursday) morning that Private Inman Whitaker, North Staffs. Regiment, was a prisoner in Germany. He had been posted ‘missing’ since March 21st. The news came through the British Red Cross Society.
02 May 1919
BARNOLDSWICK
After being missing since the 21st March, 1918, Pte Inman Whitaker, North Staffordshire Regt., is now presumed to have been killed in action on that date, or since. A previous report that he was a prisoner in Germany was not substantiated. Pte. Whitaker was the son of Mr. Thos. Whitaker, Booth House, Salterforth and prior to joining up on New Year’s Day, 1917 carried on business as an accountant and estate agent at Bank Buildings, Barnoldswick. He leaves a widow and four children.
09 May 1919
ANOTHER BARNOLDSWICK SOLDIER’S DEATH
We reproduce a photograph of Private Inman Whittaker, North Staffordshire Regiment, who, as reported in our last week’s issue, was reported missing on March 21st, 1918, and is now presumed to have been killed on that date or since. Prior to joining up on January 1st, 1917, he carried on business as an accountant and estate agent at Bank Buildings, Barnoldswick. He leaves a widow and four children.
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26 April 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Barnoldswick Soldier Missing
Pte. Inman Whitaker, North Staffordshire Regiment, has been officially reported missing since March 21st. He formerly carried on business as estate agent and accountant at Bank Buildings, and resided at 14, Park Avenue, Barnoldswick.
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