224377 Pte. William James Whatley British Army 8th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.26th Sept 1916) While researching my husband's family I came across the death of his uncle, William James Whatley, the eldest of five children, my husband's Nan's big brother. All the family including his wife and their children were born in South East London, off the Old Kent Road. I have no family photographs of his siblings or family.
There are no surviving records except the records of the Army Registers of Soldiers effects, Medals Role Index Card and International War Grave, Department de la Somme, Picardie, France (Thiepval). He left his wife Annie of nineteen years marriage and five children. He was a lithographic stone preparer working in the print trade. He was thirty six at the time of his death.
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