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Second Lieutenant JOHN EDMUND WHITHAM

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY

II. D. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel Taylor Whitham and Sarah Whitham, of "Ravenswood," Victoria Rd., Thornton-le-Fylde, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR WHAT HE CONCEIVED TO BE DUTY FONDLY LOVED

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Buried or commemorated at

HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 761
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