Walter Whiteley

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1917, Collyhurst, Manchester; Address:
  220 Hamilton Street
  Collyhurst
  Manchester, Lancashire
• Occupation: 26 Feb 1921; Wire drawer

Family/Spouse: Mary Ellen Greenhalgh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Florence married Richard Sadler on 26 Feb 1921 (Established church, after banns) in The Albert Memorial Church, Manchester, England. Richard (son of Richard Sadler and Elizabeth Wilkinson) was born on 21 May 1897 in Manchester, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Physical Description: 05 Jun 1915, Manchester, Lancashire, England; Medical history and examination on enlistment into the military: 5 feet 4 inches, 120 pounds, chest measurement 35 inches on expansion, range of expansion 3 inches, pulse 76. The medical report concludes, "Became non-effective by: Killed in Action."
• Military Service: 05 Jun 1915, Manchester, Lancashire, England; Enlisted 5 Jun 1915 in the 20th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (5th City). Service number 20-26079. Killed in action at the Battle of the Somme, 1 Jul 1916.

Notes:

Buried:
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,090 missing British and Commonwealth men who died in the Battle of the Somme of the First World War and who have no known grave. It is located in France near the village of Thiepval, Picardie.

Walter Whiteley's inscription is at Pier and Face 13 A and 14 C. See http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=821155