William Frederick Wheat
Service Number
4497
Military Unit
Attd 2nd Bn Northamptoshire Regt Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
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
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
Family History
William Frederick Wheat was born in 1898 in Nottingham and was the son of Charles 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. In 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 Wheat, 1/6th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, was killed in action on 14th May 1917. He is buried in Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay.
Photographs
William Frederick Wheat
Photograph was published on 4th July 1917 in the Nottingham Evening Post and is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918