Service Details
Name:
 WHITTY
Given Name:
 JOHN LEO
Initials:
 J L
Trade:
 Observer
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
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Unit:
 70th Sqdn.
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Unit 2:
 and 1st Leinster Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-08
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Date of Birth:
 1894-04-09
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, observer on Sopwith Strutter, down in flames by AA fire East of Arras (Pas-de-Calais)
Decorations:
 M C, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 MC LG Sup 23 June 1915 pg. 6125; MID LG Sup 22 June 1915 pg. 6003 - "For gallant and distinguished service in the field"
Additional
Information:
Son of Lieut.-Col. M. J. Whitty, R.A.M.C, and with his two brothers, Richard and Paddy, he spent several years in Castleknock. He was gazetted from Sandhurst to the Leinster Regiment in February, 1913. He joined the 1st Battalion at Fyzabad in the following September, and after the outbreak of war returned with it from India to France. He was wounded at the retaking of the village of St. Eloi on March 15, 1915, in which action the 1st Leinster Regiment especially distinguished itself. Native of Cape Town, South Africa. Commemorated Castleknock College Union War Memorial. Commemorated St. Francis Xavier's R.C. School, Everton. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
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