The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S Whittle

Photograph by "Andy S"

Private Samuel WHITTLE, G/16362, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 8860, Lancashire Fusiliers), killed in action, Flanders France, 17th September 1916, age 21.

Born Walkden, Lancashire, son of James Thomas and Rachel Whittle, 24, Westmoreland Street, Nelson, Lancashire.

1911 Census - 73 Derby Street, Nelson, Lancashire - James Thomas Whittle, head, age 46, married, labourer brickyard, Brickmaking, worker, born Little Hulton, Lancashire; Rachel Whittle, wife, age 39, married 18 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Bradford, Yorkshire; Samuel Whittle, son, age 16, single, weaver, cotton, worker, born Walkden, Lancashire; Harold Whittle, son, age 11, born Shaw, Lancashire; Violet Whittle, daughter, age 7, born Shaw, Lancashire; Alan Whittle, son, age 4, born Nelson, Lancashire;

William Cook, boarder, age 37, married, warp dresser, cotton, worker, born Barrow in Furness, Lancashire; Catherine Cook, boarder / wife, age 34, married 9 years, 1 child, still alive, born Preston, Lancashire; Bertha Cook, boarder / daughter, age 8, born Nelson, Lancashire.

Brother of Alan Whittle, of 142, Smith Street, Nelson, Lancashire.

Enlisted Nelson, Lancashire. Resided Nelson, Lancashire.

Buried at London Cemetery & Extension, 7.G.7., Longueval, Somme, France.

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