Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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William Miller Whittet
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: B/202133
- Rank: Rifleman
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Rifle Brigade
- Unit/Ship: 16th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 28
- Date of Death: 21.03.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Pozieres Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 81 to 84
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 106 Hawkhill, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Elizabeth Gray Whittet, 106 Hawkhill, Dundee
- Father:
David Blair Whittet
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about William Miller Whittet
William has no known grave but is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial.
William Millar Whittet B/202133 Rifle Brigade
WHITTET—Previously reported missing on the 21st March 1918, now presumed to have died on that date or since, William Millar Whittet, Rifle Brigade, aged 28 years, youngest and dearly beloved son of the late David Blair Whittet, joiner, and of Mrs Whittet, 106 Hawkhill, Dundee.
Dundee People’s Journal 26th July 1919
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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