Private Samuel George Whittington

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

1882

Date of Death

18 Jul 1917

War time / or Pre War occupation

Straw plait dyer

Employer

Hart, Baxter & Co, New Bedford Road

Service Number

200564

Place of Birth

London
United Kingdom

World War I Address

79 Hastings Street
Luton
United Kingdom

Place of Death

Belgium

Grave Location

Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm)
Belgium

War Memorial Location

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier

Source

The Saturday Telegraph , 18th August 1917
Pte Samuel George Whittington

Pte Samuel George Whittington, 200564, 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, was killed in action under shell fire near Ypres on July 18th, 1917. He was aged 34, married and had a daughter.

Capt S. Tabor sent the news to widow Nellie at 79 Hastings Street, Luton. Pte Whittington had seen only eight weeks service with the battalion in France, although he had joined the Beds Regiment in another battalion at the outbreak of war.

Prior to enlistment, London-born Samuel Whittington worked as a plait dyer at the New Bedford Road bleaching and dyeing works of Hart, Baxter & Co. He had married Caddington girl Nellie Bell in Luton in 1902. They had one surviving child, Irene Gladys, born in 1907.

Individual Location

Pte Samuel George Whittington

Author: Deejaya

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