Gunner 676100 John Waite
Regiment/Unit: Royal Field Artillery - 'A' Bty. 285th Bde.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 19
Date of death: 19th of October 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Cement House Cemetery - VIII. A. 24.
Census details:
1901 - 3 years old John is living at 22 Rodney Street, St Helens with parents [cas=3345]Arthur Waite[/cas] (35), Mary (33) and brothers [cas=1372]Richard Waite[/cas] (8), Joseph (8 Mths). 1911 - Sees 13 years old schoolboy John still living at 22 Rodney Street, St Helens with parents [cas=3345]Arthur Waite[/cas] (42), Mary (42) and brothers [cas=1372]Richard Waite[/cas] (18), Joseph (10).
Notes:
[note=155]The Waite family members who died in The Great War[/note] CWGC have John's date of death as 19/08/1917 and are also notified of error on his headstone. Age taken from census.
[note=155]The Waite family members who died in The Great War[/note] CWGC have John's date of death as 19/08/1917 and are also notified of error on his headstone. Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/G_Waite_RFA.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Gunner John Waite at Cement House Cemetery
(Photograph courtesy of Joanbelge from the GWF.)[/caption]
