Basic Details
Surname
Whitehouse
Forenames
A G R
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Augustin George Richard
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Honours
Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
Notes
Entered College in Michaelmas Term, 1912. A member of the 1st Torpid, 1913 – 1914; 1st Cricket XI, 1914. A member of the University Contingent of the Officers’ Training Corps. Commenced service on 1 September 1914. Second Lieutenant of the 1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment, 1914; Lieutenant, 1915; Captain, 1915; Major, 1917, serving in Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine and France. Mentioned in Despatches. Awarded a M.C., 1918. Killed in action at Soissons, 1 August 1918.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Herefordshire Regiment
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Major
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Soissons
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Villemontoire
Cemetery
Raperie British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
August
Day of death
1
Age at death
25
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action