Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookgh, 26 March, 1891; educ. Repton School; qualified as an Engineer, and joined a Flying School for the Naval Flying Corps, joining the R.N.V.R. after the outbreak of war, in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Achi Baba, Gallipoli, 29 June, 1915; _unm._ His only brother, Capt. James Loy Whitehead, is now (1916) on active service. [Illustration: =Harry H. Whitehead.=] =WHITEHEAD, HENRY MONTAGUE=, 2nd Lieut., 4th, attd. 2nd, Battn. East Surrey Regt., 2nd _s._ of Henry Hammond Whitehead, of Boston Road, Brentford, by his wife, Edith Miriam, dau. of John Cove, of Northampton; _b._ Brentford, co. Middlesex, 16 Nov. 1890; educ. Tonbridge School, where he was in the O.T.C.; was an Architect; joined the Artists Rifles in 1908; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the East Surreys, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France Jan. 1915; attd. to the 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers, joining the 2nd Battn. East Surreys in March, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 14 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried there. =WHITEHEAD, JAMES SCULLARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2390), 161600, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WHITEHURST, CHARLEY=, Private, No. 13205, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John William Whitehurst, of 4, Grove Lane, Smethwick; _b._ Birmingham; educ. Dudley Road and City Road Schools; was employed in the Ebbw Vale Steel Works; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 3 Sept. 1914; went to France, 1 Jan. 1915, and was reported missing after the fighting at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date. He _m._ at St. Matthew's Church, Smethwick, 29 Sept. 1907, Emma (2, Fering Street, Corporation Road, Newport, co. Monmouth), dau. of Robert (and Emma) Bell, and had a dau., Elsie Agnes, _b._ 24 June, 1913. [Illustration: =Charley Whitehurst.=] =WHITEHURST, HAROLD=, Private, No. 1544, 1st Battn. Highland L.I., _s._ of William Whitehurst, of 31, Cove Street, Beverley Road, Hull; _b._ Hull, 27 Feb. 1897; educ. Trinity House School, Hull; after leaving school was apprenticed to Messrs. Wright & Bacon, Shipowners; joined 1st Highland L.I., 6 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, between 11 and 18 March, 1915; _unm._ Two of his brothers are serving in the Army: George William Whitehurst in the N.E.R. Fusiliers (Pioneers), and Alfred Whitehurst in the 2nd Northumbrian R.F.A. [Illustration: =Harold Whitehurst.=] =WHITELAW, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 9040, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., _s._ of Alexander Whitelaw, Foreman Carpenter with Messrs. Currie & Co., of Leith, Ship Owners, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of Adam Stenhouse, of Leith, _b._ Leith, 22 Aug. 1880; educ. Couper Street School there; enlisted in 1902, served for three years with the Colours and nine years in the Reserve, and on mobilization rejoined his regt. 17 Aug. 1914. He was shot through the head by a German sniper while helping to repair the trenches at Houplines, 30 Jan. 1915, and was buried in the military cemetery there. He _m._ at Leith, 9 July, 1908, Jane Jackson (66, Coburg Street, Leith), dau. of Allan McCallum, and had two sons and a dau.: Alexander, _b._ 6 Sept. 1909; Allan McCallum, _b._ 14 March, 1913, and Susan Webster, _b._ 9 Dec. 1910. [Illustration: =Alexander Whitelaw.=] =WHITEWAY, THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 208492, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =WHITFIELD, THOMAS NICHOLAS=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 1752, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. =WHITING, CHARLES=, Ship's Corpl., 1st Class, 186224, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =WHITING, FREDERICK JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 1050, 1/6th (Cyclist) Battn. The Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of John Whiting, of 73, Surrey Road, Ipswich, by his wife, Margaret; _b._ Westerfield, Ipswich, 10 Jan. 1893; educ. Council School and Boys' British School there; joined the Suffolk Cyclists, 20 March, 1912, and died in the Military Hospital, Saxmundham, 12 May, 1915, from injuries received through an armoured car, while cycling out with his company, near Saxmundham; _unm._ =WHITTLE, GEORGE THOMAS=, Petty Officer, 237335, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =WHITTLE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 290939 Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =WHYBROW, THOMAS JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9533), 106899, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WHYTE, CHARLES LEONARD LE BARON=, Chief Petty Officer, 147436, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =WHYTE, DAVID STEWART=, Engine Room Artificer, No. Ch. 270811, R.N., only _s._ of the late John Stewart Whyte, of Stonehaven, Edinburgh, and 101, Stephen's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Schoolmaster (died 23 March, 1915), by his wife Margaret (died 5 Sept. 1911), dau. of the late James Sutherland, Leith, N.L.S.; _b._ Stonehaven, co. Kincardine, 10 Nov. 1878; educ. Tewel Public School there, and Gordon's College, Aberdeen; was 2nd Engineer in the Merchant Service; joined the Navy Nov. 1902, and was lost on H.M.S. Good Hope, 1 Nov. 1914, when that ship was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili. He _m._ at St. Simon's Church, Southsea, 1 Aug. 1908, Emmeline Annie (31, Wisborough Road, Southsea), dau. of the late David Williams, of Southsea, and had two children: Merry Sutherland, _b._ 28 Nov. 1909, and Lena, _b._ 1 Sept. 1913. =WICKENDEN, HARRY CHARLES=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch./6612, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WICKINS, VERNON JOHN=, Private, No. 2086, 15th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late Vernon Evan Wickins, Engineer (who died shortly after the outbreak of war), by his wife, Mary (Cambria, 32, Wellington Street, North Hobart, Tasmania), dau. of John McGinnes, of Edinburgh; _b._ Hobart, 30 Aug. 1886; educ. State School there; joined when young the Volunteer Force and for five and a half years was a member of the Derwent Infantry Regt., in which he was promoted Sergt., 27 May, 1911. He was for some years employed in the Government Railways Service at Launceston, and while there became an active member of the Hobart Launceston Rifle Club, but on the illness of his father resigned his position to return home to Hobart so as to be a help to his mother and the other members of the family. On his return to Hobart he joined the A.N.A. Rifle Club and was on the roll as an active member when war broke out. He volunteered for Imperial service and joined the 15th Battn., 6 Feb. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements and was killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 8 Aug. 1915. Capt. L. Simpson, A.N.A. Rifle Club, wrote: "Vernon Wickins endeared himself to |