WHITEHOUSE Ernest

  • First Name(s):
    Ernest 
  • Surname:
    WHITEHOUSE
  • Service Number:
    21730
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    3rd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    9th October 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium, Grave IV. A. 19.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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WHITEHOUSE Ernest Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove St John the Baptist Church WW1 Memorial

Further Information About WHITEHOUSE Ernest

Ernest Whitehouse was born at Bromsgrove, the son of Elizabeth Whitehouse.

Bromsgrove Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, 17th November 1917:
Mrs E Turner, 9, Eastman’s Yard, Bromsgrove, has received notice that her son Lance Corporal E Whitehouse of the Worcesters was posted missing on October 9th. Whitehouse, who is 19 years of age, previously worked for T and M Dixon, Tardebigge.

A photograph of Lance Corporal E. Whitehouse of Bromsgrove can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 24th August 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: Researched by Andy Frisby. Cathedral Roll of Honour books researched by Sandra Taylor.