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Surname: WHITEHEAD
Forename(s): Thomas
Place of Birth: Greenhow, Yorkshire
Service No: 267162
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/6th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-12-02
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. F. 22.
CWGC Cemetery: LEBUCQUIERE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: GREENHOW, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: HEBDEN, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: LINTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Thomas Whitehead was the son of Thomas and Mary Hall Whitehead, née Shepherd. Thomas was born at Greenhow and Mary at Hardcastle near Greenhow, Yorkshire.
1901 Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire Census: Thomas Whitehead, aged 7 years, born Greenhow Hill, son of Mary Whitehead, widow.
1911 Grassington, Yorkshire Census: Temperance Hotel - Thomas Whitehead, aged 18 years, born Greenhow Hill, Yorkshire. [Thomas was employed by John Robert Chapman, Carriage Proprietor and Farmer.]
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Thomas Whitehead, 267162, West Riding Regiment.
A short biography of Thomas is included in: ‘Swaledale & Wharfedale Remembered - Aspects of Dales’ life through peace and war’ by Keith Taylor (2006).
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:
WHITEHEAD, Thomas, [Hebden], West Riding Regiment, killed in action.
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Private Thomas WHITEHEAD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension
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Courtesy of John Gardner, Hebden
Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension
Courtesy of John Gardner, Hebden
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21 December 1917
WHITEHEAD – Killed in action on the Western Front, Pte. Thos. Whitehead, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, formerly of Moor View, Hebden.
21 December 1917
DEATH IN ACTION OF HEBDEN LAD
We regret to record the death in action of Thomas Whitehead, of Moor View, Hebden. He was a very popular person in the neighbourhood, and for some considerable time before joining the forces drove the Royal Mail from Skipton to Buckden and back. He joined the Army in March 1915, and went to France in February last with the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, Transport Section. News of his death reached Hebden last week.
06 December 1918
WHITEHEAD – In loving memory of Private Thomas Whitehead, 2nd 6th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, of Hebden, who died on the battlefield in France December 2nd, 1917.
We pictured his safe returning,
We longed to clasp his hand,
But God has postponed the meeting
Till we meet in the better land.
Days of sadness still come o’er us,
Hidden tears oft-times do flow,
Memory keeps our loved one near us,
Though he died one year ago.
From his loving sister Ann Eliza, and Will, South Street, Gargrave.
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21 December 1917
WHITEHEAD – Killed in action, Thos. Whitehead, of the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, of Hebden.
21 December 1917
DEATH IN ACTION OF A HEBDEN LAD
We regret to record the death in action of Thomas Whitehead, of Hebden. He was a very popular person in the neighbourhood, and for some time before joining the army drove the Royal Mail from Skipton to Buckden and back. He joined the army in March, 1915, and went to France in February with the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment – Transport Section. News of his death reached Hebden last week.
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