Basic Details
Surname
Whitbread
Forenames
A
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
He is also listed on IWM 2590, 2592 and 2822. Hornshaw and Fowler (see References) provide the extra details. Originally from Luton, married with a daughter, he died from a direct hit on his dugout on the eve of the ill-fated attack on the Schwaben Redoubt that took the lives of over 300 in his regiment. He is listed on the Thiepval Memorial.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
2
Age at death
25
Manner of death as stated
5th
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action