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Surname: WHITAKER
Forename(s): William
Place of Birth: Addingham, Yorkshire
Service No: 20547
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion
Division: 13th (Western) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-02-05
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 19.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: ADDINGHAM, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William Whitaker (born 7 November 1880) was the son of David and Hannah Whitaker, née Cottam and brother of Private James Whitaker (18423) (q.v.). Their father was born at Addingham, Yorkshire and mother at Belmont, Lancashire. William and James were cousins’ of Pte Percy Hustwick (1155) (q.v.). Their sister, Edith, was married to Sapper Patrick McShee (83839) (q.v.).
1881 Addingham, Yorkshire Census: Bolton Road - William Whitaker, aged 4 months, born Addingham. [William's parents and their family were living with his mother's parents, James and Jane Cottom.]
1891 Addingham, Yorkshire Census: Chapel Lane - William Whitaker, aged 10 years, born Addingham, son of David and Hannah Whitaker.
1901 Addingham, Yorkshire Census: 7, Bolton Road - William Whitaker, aged 20 years, born Addingham, son of David and Hannah Whitaker.
William was married to Alice Conner in 1905. Alice married Walter Smith in 1920.
1911 Bolton, Lancashire Census: 27, Mirey Lane, Chew Moor, Lostock - William Whitaker, aged 30 years, born Addingham, Yorkshire, husband of Alice Whitaker.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte William Whittaker [sic], 20547, E. Lan. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte William Whittaker [sic], 20547, 3rd East Lancs.; 6th East Lancs.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte William Whittaker [sic], 20547, 6th Bn E. Lancs. Date and Place of Death: 6.2.17. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow sole legatee - Alice. £11 1s. 2d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for William.
William is commemorated by Bolton Remembers: an online reference documenting Bolton's war dead (boltonremembers.org). Memorials: Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance); Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre); Ss. Thomas and St. John's (Lostock) C.E. Church WWI Memorial - Bolton.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Lancashire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 13th (Western) Division
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23 March 1917
ADDINGHAM – SOLDIERS’ LETTERS
Mr. Flint has received the following letters in acknowledgment of parcels sent out:–
Harry Town, of the Cameron Highlanders, writes:– “Parcel just to my liking. I also read letters in the local paper from William Whitaker and T. Ashton. William seems to be having quite a good time with the submarine work when he says tally ho round Bark Hill isn’t in it. I haven’t seen Ashton since he left the base, but by what I can gather their battalion has been out resting. If it was a rest like we had, it will be some rest indeed. What we have been doing is making a railway embankment, that is our rest, worse off than in the trenches except for a few ‘whiz bangs’ and old iron flying about, and I expect there will be more this spring. As the old saying goes, ‘If a woman sits on a wasp it’s a sign of an early spring’.”
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