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Surname: WHITTAKER
Forename(s): John Watson
Place of Birth: Cowling, Yorkshire
Service No: 134991
Rank: Gunner
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 112th Brigade
Division: 25th Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1918-04-02
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: In West part.
CWGC Cemetery: COWLING (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: COWLING, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: ICKORNSHAW, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
John Watson Whittaker was the son of Christopher and Ann Whittaker, née Emmott. Christopher was born at Lothersdale and Ann at Cowling, Yorkshire.
1901 Cowling, Yorkshire Census: Nan Scar - John W. Whitaker, aged 6 years, born Cowling, son of Christopher and Ann Whitaker.
1911 Cowling, Yorkshire Census: 18, Nan Scar - John Watson Whittaker, aged 16 years, born Cowling, son of Christopher and Ann Whittaker.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Grr John W. Whittaker, 134991, Royal Field Artillery.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Gnr John Watson Whittaker, 134991, 112th Bde R.F.A. Date and Place of Death: 2.4.18. Mil. Hosp. Clapton N.E. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother - Ann. £13 14s. 6d.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
WHITTAKER, Gunner W., R.F.A, 18, Nanscar, died of wounds, 1918.
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Gunner John Watson WHITTAKER
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 25th Division
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Gunner John Watson Whittaker
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Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cowling
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12 April 1918
Gunner J. W. Whittaker, Cowling
Gunner John W. Whittaker, R.F.A., 18 Nan Scar, Cowling, has died of wounds received in France on March 23rd. He received a shrapnel wound in the thigh, after which he was removed to a military hospital in London, where he died on April 2nd, and interment took place at the Cowling Parish Church on Monday last. The deceased, who was a pork butcher by trade, joined the Forces in April, 1916, and went out to France the following August.
26 April 1918
COWLING
A Memorial Service was conducted on Sunday morning at the Wesleyan Church, Ickornshaw, by the Rev. H. P. Thomas, of Silsden, to the memory of the late Gunner J. W. Whittaker, of the R.F.A., who recently died from wounds in a London Hospital.
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12 April 1918
WHITTAKER – Died of wounds, Gunner John W. Whittaker, of the R.F.A., and of 18, Nan Scar, Cowling.
12 April 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Cowling Soldier Dies of Wounds
Gunner John W. Whittaker, of the R.F.A., and 18, Nan Scar, has died of wounds which he received in France on March 23rd. He received a shrapnel wound in the thigh, after which he was removed to a military hospital in London, where he died on April 2nd, and the interment took place at Cowling Parish Church on Monday last. The deceased joined the forces in April, 1916, and went out to France the following August. Before the war he was a pork butcher by trade.
26 April 1918
COWLING
MEMORIAL SERVICES – A funeral service took place on Sunday morning at the United Methodist Church in commemoration of the late Pte. Ralph Smith, who was recently killed in France. The Preacher was Rev. W. Whitehead, who paid a well-deserved compliment to the memory of Pte. Smith. and spoke in terms of sympathy and consolation to his relatives and the large gathering of friends. The choir rendered the anthem, ‘God is a spirit’ and Miss Florence Whitaker played the ‘Dead march’ in ‘Saul.’ – At the Ickornshaw Wesleyan Chapel on Sunday morning, a funeral service was held in memory of Gunner John Whittaker, killed at the front. Rev. H.P. Thomas was the preacher.
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