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Pte Arthur Whittaker, 4th Battalion North Stafford

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LEE

LEE Report 17 Apr 2008 17:56

My Great Grandfather died in 1917 during WW1 on 05 Nov 1917. Is anyone able to help me find out further details regarding him. I have tried the National Archives and am unable to find enything apart from a Medal Index Card.
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was plain ann now annielaurie

was plain ann now annielaurie Report 17 Apr 2008 19:06

His records, if they have survived - lots didn't- will be at the National Archives, although not online. Ancestry are gradually putting WW1 service records onto the site, but they haven't got to the W surnames yet. So it's either a visit to National Archives, or just keep checking Ancestry for updates!

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 17 Apr 2008 19:13

From Commonwealth War Graves site.....

Name: WHITTAKER
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: North Staffordshire Regiment
Unit Text: 4th Bn.
Date of Death: 05/11/1917
Service No: 48494
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. F. 7.
Cemetery: RED CROSS CORNER CEMETERY, BEUGNY

Cemetery Details
Cemetery: RED CROSS CORNER CEMETERY, BEUGNY
Country: France
Locality: unspecified
Visiting Information: Wheelchair access with some difficulty. For further information regarding wheelchair access, please contact our enquiries department on telephone number 01628 634221.
Location Information: Beugny is a village 5 kilometres north-east of Bapaume on the N30, Bapaume to Cambrai road. Red Cross Corner Cemetery is on the west side of the village to the south side of the N30. CWGC signs on the N30 indicate the Cemetery.
Historical Information: Plot I of the cemetery (except Row K) was made between April 1917 and March 1918 by field ambulances and fighting units. When the cemetery fell into German hands in March 1918, they added the 25 Commonwealth burials that make up Row K (all from 21 March 1918) and began another cemetery alongside (Beugny Military Cemetery No. 3). Commonwealth forces retook the cemetery in September 1918 and added Plot II to the original burials. The German graves were removed after the Armistice, and the Commonwealth burials among them were transferred partly to Delsaux Farm Cemetery and partly to Favreuil British Cemetery. Red Cross Corner Cemetery now contains 219 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 12 of the burials are unidentified and one casualty whose grave was destroyed by shell fire in 1918 is commemorated by a special memorial. The cemetery was designed by W H Cowlishaw.
No. of Identified Casualties: 208