Private George William Whittemore

Army Number: 13657

Battalion: 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Riddings, Derbyshire. Son of George and Rosina Whittemore, of Lower Somercotes, Alfreton, Derbyshire. He was a coal miner at Bentinck Colliery, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Prior to enlisting 27th August 1914 at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He went to Gallipoli, 28th August 1915 and died, 15th October 1915, aged 23,  of gunshot wounds to his abdomen, at 26 Casualty Clearing Station, Imbros, Turkey.

Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 150 to 152.

Private George William Whittemore is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. James’s Church War Memorial, Riddings, Derbyshire.