WOODSTOCK REMEMBERS
SERVICE RECORD
Names
Surname
WHITLOCK
WHITLOCK
Forname(s)
Robert
Robert
Birthplace
Woodstock 25th January 1888
Family
Parents
John, a glover and Rhoda (nee Castle) Parish register
John, a glover and Rhoda (nee Castle) Parish register
Siblings
One of nine children
John, Florence, Frederick, Rhoda, Emily, Albert, Fanny, Harry, Robert.
One of nine children
John, Florence, Frederick, Rhoda, Emily, Albert, Fanny, Harry, Robert.
Address(es)
Family lived in Brown's lane (1891 census)
Robert lived at Tintinhull, Matlock, Somerset with his wife Mary Elizabeth (nee Rogers) and children Florence Ivy and Reginald Robert.
Occupation
Robert worked for a glove manufacturer (1911 Census)
Service
Rank: Corporal
Number: 32186
Regiment: Unit 2, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment.
Death
Robert was originally Lance Corporal 14892 in the Somerset Light Infantry. Killed in action 31st October 1918 aged 30. Awarded the Military Medal.
Burial
Commonwealth War Grave/Memorial
Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery Ref: Plot II. Row F. Grave 8
Related Imagery
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Related Files (Click a file to download it)
Researched by: Alice Hipkiss
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Oxfordshire/Woodstock.html
Ancestry, 'Photos credit of CWGC'. Commonwealth War Grave Commission, Further information and photographs from grandchildren Adrienne Jenkin and Robin Whitlock with permission.
Local collection, Woodstock (Parish magazine) Oxfordshire County Museum, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock,
Local Historian Patricia Crutch.
Ancestry, 'Photos credit of CWGC'. Commonwealth War Grave Commission, Further information and photographs from grandchildren Adrienne Jenkin and Robin Whitlock with permission.
Local collection, Woodstock (Parish magazine) Oxfordshire County Museum, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock,
Local Historian Patricia Crutch.
