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Albert Henry Guilym Whittaker

In memory of:

Corporal Albert Henry Guilym Whittaker

September 9, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

A/24077

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)

Additional Information

Born:

September 17, 1891
Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales

Enlistment:

July 17, 1915
Shorncliffe, United Kingdom

Husband of Alice Mary V. Whittaker, of New Westminster, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 181 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

IV. M. 29.

Location:

Pozieres is a village some 6 kilometres north-east of Albert, and the POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, which is enclosed by the Pozieres Memorial, is a little south-west of the village on the north side of the main road, D929, from Albert to Pozieres.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Obituary photograph from the South Wales Argus, Newport, Monmouthshire, UK, published at the time of death. (http://www.newportsdead.shaunmcguire.co.uk)

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    Newspaper Clipping – Obituary photograph from the South Wales Argus, Newport, Monmouthshire, UK, published at the time of death. (http://www.newportsdead.shaunmcguire.co.uk)
  • Newspaper Article– Memorial from the South Wales Argus, Newport, Monmouthshire, UK. (http://www.newportsdead.shaunmcguire.co.uk)

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    Newspaper Article – Memorial from the South Wales Argus, Newport, Monmouthshire, UK. (http://www.newportsdead.shaunmcguire.co.uk)

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