Percy Whyatt
He was educated at Mundella School, Nottingham and Jesus College Oxford.
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Percy Whyatt was born on 12th July 1892 at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Son of James Evans Whyatt, a Builder and Contractor and Hannah Sophia Whyatt nee Anthony of 'Lyndhurst', Church Drive, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
His Father, James Evans Whyatt was born in 1855 in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire. His Mother, Hannah Sophia Anthony was born in 1858 in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire.
They were married in 1878, their marriage was recorded in the Basford Registration District of Nottingham.
They went on to have 8 children, who were : Frank Whyatt : Born : 1881 : Radford, Nottingham : Ethel Whyatt : Born : 1883 : Radford, Nottingham : Harold Whyatt : Born : 1885 : Radford, Nottingham : William Anthony Whyatt : Born : 1887 : Radford, Nottingham : Annie Whyatt : Born : 1889 : Radford, Nottingham : Percy Whyatt : Born : 1892 Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire : Dorothy May Whyatt : Born : 1895 : Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire : Raymond Selwyn Whyatt : Born : 1898 : Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire.
According to the 1911 Census, the Family are living at : 'Lyndhurst', Church Drive, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire and are shown as James Evans Whyatt, aged, 56 years, a retired Builder and Contractor, he is living with his Wife, Hannah Sophia Whyatt, aged, 53 years and their Children, William Anthony Whyatt, aged, 24 years, an Assistant Estate Agent, Annie Whyatt, aged, 22 years an Assistant Teacher, Dorothy May Whyatt, aged, 16 years, a Clerk and Raymond Selwyn Whyatt, aged, 13 years, a Scholar, also at the address is Lilian Shepherd, aged, 20 years from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, she is employed as a Domestic Servant.
Captain, Percy Whyatt, M.C. was Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and served with 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment.
He was promoted to Lieutenant in May 1916 and to Captain in April 1917.
He served with the British Expeditionary Forces from August 1915.
He was killed in action on 18th October 1917 and is buried in the Menin Road South Military Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave Reference : Plot : III : Row : L. Grave : 3 : Stone : 1427.
His Military Cross was announced in the 'London Gazette' on the 1st January 1918.
His Brother, Second Lieutenant, Raymond Selwyn Whyatt M.C joined the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps in October 1916, he was gazetted to Second Lieutenant in the Sherwood Foresters, Notts. & Derby Regiment in April 1917.
He served with the British Expeditionary Force from December 1917.
He was killed in action on 13th October 1918 at Neuvilly and was buried at Montigny Communal Cemetery, Nord France grave reference C 4 .
The Mundella (School) Magazine, Christmas 1918, ROH: 'Whyatt, Percy, Captain, Sherwoods.
'The following article was published on 24th October 1917 in the Nottingham Evening Post :- “KILLED. “P. WHYATT. “Captain Percy Whyatt, Sherwood Foresters, Son of Mr. J. E. Whyatt, 'Lyndhurst', Hucknall, was killed in action on October 18th.
A splendid career as an educationist lay before the young officer at the outbreak of the war, at which period he was 22 years of age.
Applying for a professorship at Rangoon College, India, he appeared before the board of examiners and was favourably received.
At the same time recognising his country’s needs he also made an application for a Commission in the army.
By one post he received notification that he had been appointed to the Professorship, and next day came news from the War Office that he had been granted a Commission in the Sherwood Foresters.
His choice unhesitatingly led him to accept the latter, and he thus gave up a professorship with a commencing salary of £480 per year.
He was appointed to his captaincy April last year.”
The above article is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
Percy Whyatt
Commonwealth war grave headstone marking his grave at Menin Road South Military Cemetery Belgium. Courtesy of Murray Biddle
Photo of Percy Whyatt
Photograph of the fallen Family Memorial of Captain, Percy Whyatt MC and his Brother, Lieutenant, Raymond Selwyn Whyatt MC in Hucknall Cemetery, Nottinghamshire by Gary Crosby on the 17th May 2025.
Photo of Percy Whyatt
Photograph of the fallen Family Memorial to Captain, Percy Whyatt MC and his Brother, Lieutenant, Raymond Selwyn Whyatt MC in Hucknall Cemetery, Nottinghamshire by Gary Crosby on the 17th May 2025.