Basic Details
Surname
Weatherhead
Forenames
G E
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
George Ernest
Served or died
Died
Notes
Entered College in Michaelmas Term, 1894. A member of the 1st Torpid (cox), 1896 – 1897; 1st VIII in Eights Week (cox), 1897 – 1898; Trial 1st VIII in Eights Week (cox), 1897. 3rd Class. Mods., 1896; 3rd History and B.A., 1898. Commenced service prior to the outbreak of the Great War; Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion of the King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), 1900, serving in the South African War; Lieutenant, 1901; Captain, 1910; Adjutant, 1914. Killed in action near Ypres during the night of 8/9 May 1915. CWGC gives his place of burial.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Country of burial
Belgium
Town of burial
Ypres
Cemetery
Town Cemetery
Year of death
1915
Month of death
May
Day of death
9
Age at death
39
Manner of death as stated
Royal Navy
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action