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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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