Pte
Richard Dove Whittaker

Informations sur naissance

Année de naissance:
1886
Lieu de naissance:
Skipton, Yorkshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Informations générales

Profession:
Ouvrier d'usine de coton

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Force armée:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Numéro de service:
267013
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Skipton, Yorkshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Unités:
 —  Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 1/6th Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
28/02/1918
Lieu de décès:
Judge Subsector, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Died of wounds (D.O.W.)
Âge:
32

Cimetière

Polygon Wood Cemetery
Parcelle: Inconnu
Rangée: G
Tombe: 3

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille
Victory Medal
Médaille

Points d'intérêt 2

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Mon histoire

Private Richard Dove Whittaker was born in Skipton, North Yorkshire in 1886. He was the son of Edward and Ann Whittaker and he had two brothers and one sister. Before he enlisted in the army he was working as a warpdresser at Firth & Moorhouse textile mill. When he enlisted in 1916, he joined the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment 1/6th Battalion, part of the 147th Brigade of the 49th Division.
On 22 February 1918 the 1/6th Bn. Duke of Wellington’s relieved the 2nd Canterbury Battalion of the New Zealand Army in the Centre Judge Sector near the hamlet of Reutel. At 3 a.m. on 28 February the British artillery fired a barrage on the enemy lines which prompted a retaliation during which three men were killed, Private Whittaker being one of them. He was buried at Polygon Wood Cemetery where he is still remembered.
Private Richard Dove Whittaker was one of three brothers who served in the First World War. His brother, private James Whittaker also served in the 1/6th DWR and was killed in action on 3 mey 1918 near Millekruisse, Belgium. His other brother, Edgar Whittaker, served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery and was the only one of the three brothers who survived the war.

Rapports avec d'autres militaires 1

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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
Sources utilisées
Barber, S., "Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in the Great War, A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment", Barnsley, Pen & Sword Military, 2018, 160-162.
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CPGW
http://www.cpgw.org.uk/soldier-records/richard-dove-whittaker/
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/480082/whittaker,-richard-dove/
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The Long Long Trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
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War Diary
http://www.nmarchive.com/
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