Richard Albert WHITELEY

Main CPGW Record

Surname: WHITELEY

Forename(s): Richard Albert

Place of Birth: Kelbrook, Yorkshire

Service No: 425193

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Labour Corps

Battalion / Unit: 876th Area Employment Coy

Division: ---

Age: 21

Date of Death: 1918-11-04

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: S. III. G. 8.

CWGC Cemetery: ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Richard Albert Whiteley (born 29 September 1896) was the son of Albert and Janet Whiteley, née Hyatt. Albert was born at Burnley, Lancashire and Janet at Chester, Cheshire.

1901 Earby, Yorkshire Census: Stony Bank - Albert Whitley [sic], aged 4 years, born Kelbrook, Yorkshire, son of Albert and Janet Whitley.

1911 Earby, Yorkshire Census: 16, Lincoln Road - Richard Albert Whiteley, aged 14 years, born Kelbrook, Yorkshire, son of Albert and Janet Whiteley.

The British Army Service Record for Richard Albert Whiteley exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Richard A. Whiteley, 27646, York. R.; 425193, Lab. C.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Richard Albert Whiteley, 27646, York. R.; 425193, Labour Corps.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Richard Albert Whiteley, 425193, 876 A E Coy Lab Cps. Date and Place of Death: 4.11.18 illness France or Belgium. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Albert. £25 13s. 9d.

Richard trained with the 11th (Reserve) Battalion Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment) and then served in France and/or Belgium with the 8th and 10th (Service) Battalions before transferring to the Labour Corps. He died of influenza at No 6 General Hospital, Rouen. His Service Record gives his father’s address as 24, Hayward Avenue, Seaton Delaval, Northumberland.

See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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