The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal W G Whitaker

Chatham Medway Unitary Authority

Photograph by "Brad Evans"

Photograph by "Marvin & Samme Templin"

Lance Corporal William George WHITAKER, G/11873, "D" Company, 6th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 30th November 1917, age 22.

Born Chatham, Kent, son of William George & Amy Whitaker, 42, Sturla Road, Chatham, Kent.

1911 Census - 34 Otway Street, Chatham, Kent - William Whitaker, head, age 43, married, tailors cutter, worker at home, born Chatham, Kent; Amy Whitaker, wife, age 39, married 19 years, 3 children, all still alive; Maud Whitaker, daughter, age 18, single, servant domestic, employer; William Whitaker, son, age 16, single, tailors cutter, worker at home, born Halling, Kent; Ernest Whitaker, son, age 1, born Chatham, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 20 years & 4 months, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 154lbs. Resided 42, Sturla Road, Chatham, Kent. Formerly tailors cutters assistant,

Home 9th December 1915 to 18th May 1916; BEF 19th May 1916 to 21st June 1916; Home 22nd June 1916 to 4th January 1917; BEF 5th January 1917 to 30th November 1917.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915 to Army Reserve; 23rd January 1916, mobilized; 23rd January 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd January 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th May 1916, posted BEF & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th May 1916, embarked; 2nd June 1916, proceeded to join Battalion In the Field; 18th June 1916, gun shot wound, left forearm; 22nd June 1916, Hospital Ship "Jan Breydel" ex Australian Hospital, Wimereux; 22nd June 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd June 1916 to 10th August 1916, Sheffield, 3rd Northern General Hospital, gun shot wound, left forearm; 11th August 1916 to 21st August 1916, Sheffield, 3rd Northern General Hospital, granted furlough; 21st August 1916, posted Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea; 25th November 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th January 1917, posted BEF & 6tf Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th January 1917, embarked; 5th January 1917, disembarked; 8th January 1917, joined Battalion, "D" Company in the Field; 25th April 1917, 10 Field Ambulance, influenza; 30th April 1917, Boulogne, 7 Convalescent Depot; 4th May 1917, Ecault, 10, Convalescent Depot; 26th May 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot, from 10, Convalescent Depot; 8th June 1917, rejoined Battalion, "D" Company; 25th July 1917, awarded Military Medal; 14th November 1917, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 30th November 1917, posted missing.

13th November 1920, Statement of Relatives - Father, W G Whitaker, 42, Sturla Road, Chatham, Kent; Mother, Amy Whitaker, 42, Sturla Road, Chatham, Kent; Brothers - Ernest Whitaker, age 11, 42, Sturla Road, Chatham, Kent; Sisters - Maud Whitaker, age 28, Henry Street, Chatham, Kent.

Commemorated Cambrai Memorial, Panel 8, Louverval, Nord, France. / Chatham Medway Unitary Authority

AWARDS: MM

London Gazette 17th September 1917.

His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the Field to the under mentioned Ladies, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men :

11873 Pte. W. G. Whittaker, Royal West Kent Regiment. (Chatham).

Military Medal publicly presented to Wiiliam George Whitaker at Royal West Kent Barracks, Maidstone, Kent.

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