Private 9135 Edward Glover WHITMORE

Private 9135 Edward Glover Whitmore{gallery}Pte E G Whitmore{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died of wounds by a self-inflicted gunshot to the head [Register of Effects], France and Flanders, 4 September 1915, aged 34

• Buried: Forceville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave 1.A.9
  
• Awarded 1914 Star with Clasp, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Seymour and Jane Anne Whitmore
• Husband of Lilian Whitmore [nee Bates]. Married Jul Qtr 1905 at Nuneaton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Whitmore
• Forceville Communal Cemetery
• Lancashire Fusiliers

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 22 Dec 1881 and baptised 15 Feb 1883 at Baddesley Ensor
• Lived as a boarder at 21 John Street, Stockingford [1901]
  
• Lived at 2 Nine Row, Chilvers Coton [1911]
  
• Employed as a miner / getter [1911]
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in France on 22 Aug 1914