BORN HULL 1892. SON OF ROBERT HENRY WHINHAM (1862-1935) & MARIA OBRIDGE (1867-1899), OF 43, CANNING STREET, HULL & 43, NORFOLK STREET, HULL.
A CAREER SOLDIER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/03/1910. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16/08/1914. SERVED AS DRIVER, 60996, 50TH ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DISCHARGED ON 13/10/1916. AWARDED SILVER WAR BADGE (NO:180287).
HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1917. HIS WIFE, ALICE E. (BARKER) LIVED 11, SYVESTER STREET, HULL & 145, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS, ON 17/01/1920, AGED 27. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
First name:
THOMAS
Military Number:
60996
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
17/01/1920
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
27
