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Rank : Private

Army Number : 14993

Unit : 2nd Bn

Biography :

Home address given as Whitwick. Enlisted at Coalville, Leicestershire. Served with the 2nd Bn during World War One. Joined the Battalion in the field as reinforcement on 17.6.1915. Temporarily attached to 173 Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers Rejoined 2nd Bn 23.9.1915. As a sapper he was Killed in Action 25.9.1915, aged 31. He is commemorated on Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, and his name is on a memorial tablet in the Holy Cross Church, Whitwick, Leicestershire.

CWGC:

WHITTAKER, BERNARD
Rank: Private
Service No: 14993
Date of Death: 25/09/1915
Age: 31
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference: Panel 42 to 44.
Memorial: LOOS MEMORIAL
Additional Information:

Son of William and Eliza Whittaker, of 68, Albert St., Coalville, Leicestershire.

This page was last edited on 24.8.2019.

Place of Birth : Whitwick, Leicestershire

Date of Death : 25.9.1915

Place of Death : France

Civil Occupation : coal miner

Period of Service : 1914-15

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France