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Second Lieutenant OWEN WHITAKER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

6th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1915

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TALANA FARM CEMETERY

IV. B. 4.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of James Smith Whitaker, M.R.C.S., and Ellen Louisa Whitaker, of 128, Station Rd., Hendon, London. Born at Great Yarmouth.
  • Personal Inscription HE HAS OUTSOARED THE SHADOW OF OUR NIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

TALANA FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 531
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