Henry Earl Whitehead
Service Number
60366
Military Unit
2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Date of Death
23 Jun 1917 (19 years old)
Place of Birth
Long Eaton
Employment, Education or Hobbies
Unknown
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Family History
Parents: Henry and Ada Whitehead of 21 Byron Street, Mansfield.
Military History
Private Henry Earl Whitehead, enlisted at Mansfield and served with the 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, he died of wounds on 23rd June 1917 (gunshot wound to the head ). He is buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery.
Extra Information
Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser: 12/07/1917: Photograph. Pte Henry E Whitehead has died of wounds received on 28/05/1917. He had received a gunshot wound to the head he was recovering but relapsed. His father had arrived on 21/06/1917 just 2 days before Henry passed away.
This man is commemorated in a book of remembrance held by Mansfield District Council.
Photographs
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