Basic Details
Surname
Whittaker
Forenames
Harry
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Henry
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/23178/H WHITTAKER/ refers, actually died 5th May 1918. They have his regimental number as 235625, but SDGW records it as 43245; the latter also indicates that he previously served in the Lincolnshire Regiment under regimental number 21402.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Leicestershire Regiment
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
(previously served in Lincolnshire and Norfolk Regiments)
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L- Corporal
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Leicestershire Regiment
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Lance Corporal
Death and Burial details
Country of death
not stated on memorial
Town of death
not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial (CWGC records as France)
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial (CWGC records as Longuenesse (ST. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery)
Year of death
1918
Month of death
May
Day of death
6
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds