Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Wilfred WHITEHEAD
Private 3346 Wilfred WHITEHEAD
1st/6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Killed in Action, Sunday 30th July 1916, the Somme, France, age 25
| Home address: | 3 Commercial Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1891, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Mary Whitehead and Samuel Whitehead 3 Commercial Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Cotton Piecer, Hyde Spinning Company |
| Enlisted: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, panel 50. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Wilfred Whitehead had only been in France three days when he was killed by a shell. Two of his older brothers, (Albert & Jesse) had gone to greet him, only to find that he had been killed.