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Cpl. Whittaker, Robert Charles

Corporal

Date of Birth: 1/1/1891, Swansea
Occupation: School Teacher (CENS)
Employer: Local Education Board
1917 Serv. No: 725734
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 1/1/1891, Swansea. Parents - Robert Henry & Hannah L

- Bapt 11 Feb 1891, St Thomas, Swansea. Add- 3 Balaclava St. Dads occ-Ship-carpenter

1901 - 28 Farm Terrace, St Thomas. 10yo. W parents (dad-shipwright) & 5 sibs

1905 - Adm Swansea Mun Sec, 21/9/1905. DOB 1/1/1891. Left 14/7/1909 to Asisstant Teacher, Danygraig

1911 - Albert House, 28 Kinley Terrace, St Thomas, Swansea. 20yo. Occ-School Teacher, Local Gov Board. W parents & 4 younger sibs

1921 - 55 Kinley St, Swansea. 30y6m. Occ-School Teacher Elementary, St Thomas School, LE Authority. W widowed mother, 3 sibs & 3 lodgers

1921 - Married Mary A Whittaker, Q3 Swansea

Various newspaper articles, Scout Leader and Swim Master

1939 - 17 Graiglwyd Rd, Swansea. DOB 1/1/1891. Occ-Assistant Schoolmaster. W Mary A, Leslie R (1922)

1971 - Died aged ??, Q2, Swansea. DOB Jan 1891

Address:
Kinley Terrace St Thomas
Swansea (CENS)

Military Service

No SR

Enl Oct-Dec 1915

Served overseas, BWM & Vic

Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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