Private 15508 William Whitford
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 8th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 28/09/1915
Previous Reg/Num: 14599, Ches Regt.
Age at death: 33
Date of death: 10th of July 1916
Born: Chesterfield, Derbys
Resided: Chesterfield, Derbys
Burial / Memorial: Thiepval Memorial - Pier and Face 7 A and 7 B.
BMD details:
Marriage: 16/09/1909 William WHITFORD to Phoebe E WOOD at Sutton St Nicholas CE
Family details:
Husband of Phoebe Ethel Whitford, of 16, Tontine St., St. Helens, Lancs.
Census details:
1891 - 8 years old William, father Sidney Thomas (a butcher 39) and siblingsEleena May (17), Alice (9), Florence Annie (6), Ada (5) are lodging at The Miners Arms Inn, Lanaforth Street, Newbold, Chesterfield. 1901 - 17 years old 'Butchers Apprentice' William is boarding at Creswell, Derbyshire with the Botham family. 1911 - Sees 27 years old 'Butcher' William boarding at 49 Duke Street, St Helens which is the home of a Mrs Benson. Wife Phoebe E (28) and daughter Edna Beryl (1) are living with her parents at 16 Tontine Street, St Helens. Others in the household are father John Wood (64), mother Elizabeth Ellen Wood (51) and brother Thomas Bertram Wood (26).
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Thiepval_SLR_Privates_4.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Thiepval Memorial bearing the inscription
for Private William Whitford
(Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
