Photographs of Joseph Whitham
Item
Title
Photographs of Joseph Whitham
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Identifier
8884.cpd
Subject
Whitham, Joseph
Abstract
Joseph Whitham
Enlisted: September 1914
Demobilised: June 1919
Period September 1914 to September 1916 with 2/1st Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry, No. 4 Troop, C Squadron. Regimental No. 3648.
and during those two years quartered at Regimental Depot in Manchester, also Southport; Kendal, Jillicoulby & Ladybank nr Cupar.
Period September 1916 to June 1919 with 2nd & 8th Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. On active service in Macedonia, finishing at Batumn, a Russian fort on the Black Sea.
Regimental number 25763. D Company, Transport Section.
Editor's Comment:
Photograph of Pte. Whitham in the uniform of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry. Note the 'broad arrow', signifying government ownership, shaved into the horse's coat.
Enlisted: September 1914
Demobilised: June 1919
Period September 1914 to September 1916 with 2/1st Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry, No. 4 Troop, C Squadron. Regimental No. 3648.
and during those two years quartered at Regimental Depot in Manchester, also Southport; Kendal, Jillicoulby & Ladybank nr Cupar.
Period September 1916 to June 1919 with 2nd & 8th Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. On active service in Macedonia, finishing at Batumn, a Russian fort on the Black Sea.
Regimental number 25763. D Company, Transport Section.
Editor's Comment:
Photograph of Pte. Whitham in the uniform of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry. Note the 'broad arrow', signifying government ownership, shaved into the horse's coat.
Date
August 1914 - September 1916
Date Created
1914-08-01
Temporal Coverage
1916-09-30
Source
Photograph
Medium
Photographic paper
Type
Photograph
number of pages
4
Contributor
Richard Marshall
Richard Marshall (Oxford Central Library Submission Day 10th March 2008)
Gordon H. Whitham
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford