Name
Gordon Hedley (Henry(sic)) Whittard
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/07/1916
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
301597
London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
1st/5th (City of London) Bn.
'D' Coy,
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 9 D.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Christchurch Memorial, Little Heath, Potters Bar, Little Heath & Bentley Heath Memorial, Potters Bar, All Souls Chapel Book of Remembrance, Potters Bar, We are not aware of any memorial in Colney Hatch
Pre War
Born in Colney Hatch in 1893. Son of the late Alfred Henry and of Charlotte Elizabeth Whittard, now of 1, Hillside Avenue, Friern Barnet, London.
In 1911 he was living with his parents Alfred Henry and Charlotte Elizabeth Whittard and nine brothers and sisters at Osborne House, Little Heath. He was a hosier’s assistant.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at London while resident at Friern Barnet. Originally given service number 2467 which suggests he enlisted in July 1915. Landed in France, 2 February 1916.
Killed in action during the first day of the Battle of the Somme in the attack on Gommecourt.
Acknowledgments
Martin Cope