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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Morecambe
• Land England
• Family Son of William J. and E. E. Whitehead, of 16, Beach St., Bare, Morecambe, Lancs; he joined together with his brother Wilfred; the eldest brother, Reginald, served in the same regiment; their father William was the regimental band master; another brother, Halcot, served with the Royal Fusiliers; two sisters: Connie and Winifred. Wilfred was POW and died in a German hospital four days after armistice. Reginald and Halcot survived the war;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Morecambe, September 1914
• Service number 240955
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st/5th Bn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
• Other data related to military career to France on 14 February 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds, righ side, shoulder, leg, in n°3 Can CCS
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XV - E - 11A

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