Horace Whitham | Rank: | Policeman (City) | Died: | 23/12/1940 | Age: | 35 | Incident Date: | 23/12/1940 | Incident Address. | Jcn Southall Street & Great Ducie Street | Died Address: | Jcn Southall Street & Great Ducie Street | |
Grave Photo: | No | Cemetery or Memorial: | Not Known | Town Memorial: | Not Listed | Extra Information: | Born during the September quarter 1903 in the
Sheffield R.D. - ref: 9c/590, the son of George
Henry & Annie Whitham (nee Darwent).
1911 Census - 20 Hampton Street, Sheffield,
Yorkshire. Son - aged: 7 - Scholar - born: St.
John's Park, Sheffield. Head of household -
George Henry Whitham - Married - aged: 50 - occ:
Machine Knife Fitter - born: St. Philip's,
Sheffield. Also - Annie Whitham - Wife - aged:
43 - born: St. John's Park, Sheffield. Plus 4
siblings.
1939 National Registration - 20 Samson Street,
Sheffield. Annie Whitham - Widowed - born on the
31st May 1867 - occ: Unpaid Domestic Duties.
Horace Whitham - Single - born on the 11th July
1903 - occ: Steel Machinist. Thomas E. Whitham -
Single - born on the 1st August 1888 - occ: Steel
Works Labourer.
On duty at the junction of Southall Street and
Great Ducie Street, Manchester when a Land Mine
exploded nearby killing him instantly.
CWGC - Constable Manchester City Police. of 28
Larchwood Avenue, Moston. Son of the late Horace
& Annie Whitham of Rollers Tavern, Princess
Street, Sheffield. Died at Southall Street,
Cheetham, Manchester.
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