We remember Beresford Whitcombe

We remember Beresford Whitcombe

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Timeline

Timeline

1880
sibling Edmund Stanley Whitcombe Source:8762693 1880
1882
sibling Douglas Whitcombe Source:8762693 1882
1886
sibling Leonard Whitcombe Source:8762697 1886
1886
sibling Mabel Emily Whitcombe Source:8762697 1886
1889
birth Winson Green, Birmingham, Warks United Kingdom Source:8762703 5th January 1889
1891
location Birmingham City Asylum , Winson Green, Birmingham United Kingdom parents address Source:8762699 5th April 1891
1901
location City Asylum, Lodge Road, Birmingham United Kingdom parents address Source:8762697 31st March 1901
1903
education King Edwards High School, New Street Birmingham United Kingdom Source:8762723 1903 - 1906
1911
location The City Asylum, Lodge Road, Birmingham United Kingdom parents address Source:8762693 2nd April 1911
1914
enlistment Source:7420167 August 1914
service British Army Private 785 Royal Warwickshire Regiment Source:5373406
service British Army Lance Corporal 785 Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion Source:8762690
1916
death Killed in Action Guillemont France Source:7420167 Source:8762690 Source:8762703 3rd September 1916
burial Thiepval Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France Source:7420167

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Beresford
Initials B
Last Name Whitcombe
Source 5373406
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Birmingham City Asylum , Winson Green, Birmingham United Kingdom parents address known 5th April 1891
City Asylum, Lodge Road, Birmingham United Kingdom parents address known 31st March 1901
The City Asylum, Lodge Road, Birmingham United Kingdom parents address known 2nd April 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 785 Royal Warwickshire Regiment Private
British Army 785 Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion Lance Corporal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Emily Jane Blunt Whitcombe mother
Edmund Banks Whitcombe father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Edmund Stanley Whitcombe brother 1880
Douglas Whitcombe brother 1882
Leonard Whitcombe brother 1886
Mabel Emily Whitcombe sister 1886

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Communities

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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 Andrew10867
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Andrew10867
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Andrew10867
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Andrew10867
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Andrew10867
Birmingham Employers Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Transcription Andrew10867

External Evidence

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UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 Andrew10867
Baptism Andrew10867
Probate Andrew10867
King Edwards Roll of Honour Andrew10867

Multimedia

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Casualties among Midland Men Andrew10867
Roll of Honour Andrew10867
Old Edwardians Roll of Service Andrew10867
A soldier of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment David1424

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