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Surname: WHITTAKER
Forename(s): Wilfred Reginald
Place of Birth: Stirton, near Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 50941
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Yorkshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 11th (Service) Battalion. (2nd Hull)
Division: 31st Division
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1918-09-08
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 4.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Wilfred Reginald Whittaker was the son of John Archibald and Emily Whittaker, née Lock. John was born at Madras, India and Emily at Stoke Ferry, Norfolk.
1901 Stirton with Thorlby, Yorkshire Census: Low Lodge, Tarn House - Wilfred R. Whitaker, aged 1 year, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of John A. and Emily Whitaker.
1911 Stirton with Thorlby, Yorkshire Census: Tarn House Lodge, Stirton - Wilfred Whitaker, aged 11 years, born Stirton, son of John and Emily Whitaker.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Wilfred R. Whittaker, 50941, East Yorkshire Regiment.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Wilfred Reginald Whittaker, 50941, E Yks. Date and Place of Death: 8.9.18. France. Death presumed. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - John A. £6 3s. 11d.
The informal title of the 11th (Service) Bn East Yorkshire Regiment (2nd Hull) was the Hull Tradesmen.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
WHITTAKER, Wilfred. [Additional]
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Yorkshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 31st Division
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13 December 1918
A SKIPTON SOLDIER MISSING
Mr. and Mrs. Whittaker, of Stirton, have received official information that their only son Wilfrid, of the East Yorks. Regiment, was posted wounded and missing 8th September. They have made several inquiries, but no further news is yet to hand. Previous to joining the Colours, he was on the clerical staff of Messrs. Lever Bros. Ltd., at their Leeds depot. He joined the Army at the age of 18, and after seven months’ training at Brockton and Rugeley Camp, he was drafted to France. Any news of him would be very appreciably received by his parents and sister of Stirton Terrace, Skipton-in-Craven.
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