John Henry Whatley 1918 - 1940 |
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Birth: Q1 1918 Ilkeston DBY ENG
- Source: GRO index: Births Mar 1918 Whatley John H Mother MS: Bamford Basford 7b419
Death: 1940 Dunkink France
Father: Robert Henry Whatley
Mother: Emma Bamford
Siblings:
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Wife: Edith
Children:
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Note:
Known as Henry
David Whatley recalls that his uncle Henry Whatley died fighting at Dunkirk.
Taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2275248/WHATLEY,%20JOHN%20HENRY
- John Henry Whatley was the only British 'Whatley' who died fighting in 1940
- Date of Death: uncertain, between 10/05/1940 and 04/07/1940
- age 22
- Private 4541170
- 2/5th Bn., West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own)
- Buried in DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY, Nord, France Plot 1 Row 1 Joint grave 25.
- Additional Information: Son of Robert Henry and Emma Whatley, of Ilkeston, Derbyshire husband of Edith Whatley, of Ilkeston