BORN HULL 1889. SON OF CHARLES AARON WHITELOCK & FRANCES WHITELOCK, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A FISH LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED AS PRIVATE, 48840, KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH QUEENS (ROYAL WEST SURREY) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 21/03/1918, DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE. HE WAS AGED 29. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, CHARLES. HE LEFT YOUNGER SISTERS, MIRIAM, FRANCES, AND EVA AND YOUNG BROTHER, HAROLD
First name:
JOHN CHARLES
Military Number:
G/25681
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
29
