Service Details
Name:
 WHITTLE
Given Name:
 WALTER VICTOR PATRICK CHARLES
Initials:
 W P V C
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Worcestershire Regiment
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Unit:
 1st Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1915-04-13
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Date of Birth:
 1892-08-22
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near Ypres whilst in charge of the Battalion's machine guns
Additional
Information:
Son of Walter Harry and May Whittle, of the Natal Colliery Company, Northern Natal. Born Doneigharey, County Down, Ireland. Educated Durban High School 1902-1905; Dulwich College, London 1908-1911. An insurance clerk. When war broke out, he joined the Artists Rifles (28th Battalion London Regiment) and travelled with them to France in October 1914; gazetted temporary Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Worcester Regiment February 1915; fought in the Battle of Neuve Chappelle March 1915. Commemorated on Durban High School & Dulwich College, London WWI Memorials
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Nord
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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 D. 11.

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