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Cpl. Robert Whitlock MM
British Army 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
from:Tintinhull, Somerset
(d.31st Oct 1918)
Robert Whitlock was originally born in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. He then moved to Tintinhull in Somerset where he worked for Tintinhull Glove Factory. In 1910, Robert married Mary Elizabeth Rogers. They had two children, Florence (born 1911) and Reginald (born 1915). On the outbreak of war, Robert enlisted in Yeovil with the 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry. He served as a medic and was promoted to corporal at some point during his service with 7SLI. In 1917, he was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry. In the summer of 1918, probably mid to late June, Robert was transferred to the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment (B Company), presumably as part of the attempt to reinforce the Devonshire's after their mauling at Bois des Buttes. On 31st October 1918, 12 days before the end of the war, Robert was killed on the North bank of the Scheldt (L'Escaut) during the British attempt to cross that river on that day. He was buried where he fell and his body was later moved to St Roch cemetery in Valenciennes.
