William Robert
WHITTAKER
Born:
Enlistment place:
Rank:
Unit:
Address:
Occupation:
Death:
Age:
Memorial:
Medals:
3rd April 1893, Stafford, Staffordshire
----------
2nd Lieutenant
1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment
Burford House, Knighton
Bank Clerk
killed in the Battle of Gazza, Palestine, 27 March 1917
24
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
British War Medal Victory Medal
Spouse:
Children:
Father:
Mother:
Siblings:
None
None
William Robert
Mary Gertrude (nee Robotham)
Maud Lytton (step sister)
Florence Colman (step sister)
Hilda Marian (step sister)
William Robert
Doris Mary
Ida Gertrude
1865 - 3 June 1895
1865 - 10 May 1931
1880
1883
1885
1894
1894
1895
In 1901 William was enroled in the King Edward Vi Grammar School in Stafford.
The Herefordshire Regiment promoted William to Second Lieutenants on 13th August, 1915.
The Brecon Radnor Express - 19th April 1917
Mrs Whittaker (Burford House, Knighton) was informed on Thursday that her son. Sec.-Lieut. W. R. Whittaker (Herefordshire Regiment) was reported missing, and not wounded, as previously stated.
Probate
WH1TTAKER -William Robert of Knighton Radnorshire second-lieutenant Herefordshire regiment died 27 March 1917 or since at Gaza Palestine Probate London 3 December to Mary Gertrude Whittaker widow and Doris Mary Whittaker spinster. Effects £1034 14s.