We remember John Whitham

We remember John Whitham

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Timeline

Timeline

birth Rawtenstall, Lancashire United Kingdom Source:9198202
1915
theatres Western Europe :1 Source:4733025 18th February 1915
enlistment Rawtenstall United Kingdom Source:9198202
service British Army Private 6714 East Lancashire Regiment Source:4733025
service British Army Lance Corporal 6714 East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion Source:9198202
1915
death Killed in Action "He was under very, heavy fire at Neuve Chapelle for two days whilst carrying dispatches. His death was caused by the bursting of a shell from a Jack Johnson." Belgium Source:7421495 Source:9198321 9th May 1915
burial Ploegsteert Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Hainaut Belgium No known grave - commemorated on Panel 5 and 6. Source:7421495

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names John
Initials J
Last Name Whitham
Source 4733025
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 6714 East Lancashire Regiment Private
British Army 6714 East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion Lance Corporal
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Ian105013

External Evidence

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Rossendale WW1 Casualties As Reported in the Rossendale Free Press Ian105013

Multimedia

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Rawtenstall Cemetery - Municipal War Memorial Ian105013
East Lancashire Regiment cap badge Ian105013
1914/15 Star, BWM and Victory Medal Ian105013
Portrait - John Witham Ian105013

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We remember John Whitham