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Whittingham, Walter Roy

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Identification

Regimental number: 411095
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 1st Univ Co
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Killed, died or wounded: killed
Birth: 24 Sep 1895, Qu'Appelle, SK, Canada
College Building memorial: First floor, northwest
Slide number(s): HR-1079, HR-HR-1080

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1913 Agro        

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Montreal
Attestation date: 1 Apr 1915
Present address: Qu'Appelle, SK
Occupation: farmer
Religion: Roman Catholic
Age: 19 years
Height (inches): 63.70
Chest expansion (inches): 36.30
Amount of expansion (inches): 2.50
Previous military service: regular
Notes: 46th Bn

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
7th Can Light Trench Mortar Bt        1918 Aug. 8 KIA RoS for Bty
1st Univ Co            LL
PPCLI           
7th French Mortar Battery            LL

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Private  
Corporal, acting  

Death

Date of death: 8 Aug 1918
Cause: killed in action

Family

Father: Wittingham, Fred G
Father's Address: Edgeley, SK, Canada (1915)

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Edgeley  student 1913 1914 U of S Calendar
Qu'Appelle  student 1914 1915 U of S Calendar

Sources

National Archives reference: RG 150 Box 10332 - 49
College Building list #: 87
Roll of Honour list #: 212
Roll of Service (1928) #: 64
Long List #: 64

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