BORN HULL 1876. HULL PAL. ONLY SON OF HENRY WHITELEY (1837-1885) & SARAH ANN JACQUES (1837-1911), OF 25 FALMOUTH STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE 3RD HULL PALS. PROMOTED SERGEANT AND TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/04/1918. AGED 42. COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL. HE LEFT 6 SISTERS.
HE MARRIED IN HULL, IN 1906. HIS WIFE MARY LIVED IN GRETNA, CARLISLE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW.
COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM.
First name:
CHARLES
Military Number:
12/61
Rank:
Sergeant
Date Died
12/04/1918
Place died:
PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM
Age:
42
