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Private

William Frederick Wheat

Service number 4497
Military unit 26th battalion Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
Address Hornchurch
Date of birth
Date of death 07 Dec 1916 (19 years old)
Place of birth Nottingham
Employment, education or hobbies

He was a bobbin spinner.

Family history

William Frederick Wheat was born in 1898 in Nottingham and was the son of Charles a fruit hawker and later night watchman, and Lucy Wheat and the brother of Charles Henry and James Aaron Wheat (killed in action 14/5/1917) and the half brother of Albert, Lucy, Hilda and Margaret Sulley Wheat. of 53 Oldham Street, Carlton Road, Nottingham

His father Charles was born in 1876 at Nottingham, he died in 1943, his mother Lucy Stanley was born in 1875 at Nottingham, she died in 1945,they were married in 1893 at Nottingham they had 3 children, however his mother later lived with a Frederick Sulley born 1867 at Arnold, with whom she had 9 further children commencing with Albert Sulley Wheat born 1910.

In the 1901 census his mother is living with Frederick Sulley 35 yrs a coal hewer at 37 Victoria Street, Nottingham, she is shown as Lucy Sulley 25 yrs and is living with her children, Charles Wheat 7 yrs Aaron Wheat 5 yrs, Frederick Wheat 3 yrs of age and Albert Sulley 1 year of age.

By the 1911 census the family are living at 53 Oldham Street, Nottingham, Frederick Sulley 43 yrs is single and general labourerer, he is living with Lucy Wheat 37 yrs head of the household, and her children, Charles Wheat 17 yrs an out of work printer, James Aaron Wheat 15 yrs a bobbin spinner, William Frederick Wheat 13 yrs a bobbin spinner, Albert Sulley Wheat 10 yrs a scholar, Lucy Sulley Wheat 7 yrs a scholar, William Sulley Wheat 5 yrs Hilda Sulley Wheat 3 yrs and Sarah Sulley Wheat 1 year old.

In the same 1911 census his father Charles Wheat is boarding at 2 Radcliffe Row, Coalpit Lane, Nottingham he is 34 yrs and states he is a 'widow' and a fruit hawker, he is lodging with a widow Jane Mather 34 yrs a lace clipper and her 5 children.
1911 they lived at 53 Oldham Street Carlton Road Nottingham.

Military history

Private William Frederick Wheat, enlisted at Hornchurch and served with the 26th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, he was was killed in action on 7th December 1916. Aged 19, he is buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece.

Extra information

His brother Pte. James Aaron Wheat, 1/6th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, was killed in action on 14th May 1917. He is buried in Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay.

additional research and information Peter Gillings

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