Lance Corporal 25575 Samuel Mottram WHARMBY
17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment,formerly The Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Garrison Artillery)
Killed in Action, Tuesday 31st July 1917, Ypres, Belgium, Age 23
Home address:
10 Alfred Street, Clayton, Manchester, Lancashire
Born:
1894, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Ann Wharmby and Andrew Wharmby
10 Alfred Street, Clayton, Manchester, Lancashire
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Window Cleaner
Enlisted:
Heaton Park, Manchester
Remembered:
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, panel 53.
Link to Hyde:
Born in Hyde
Killed by a shell explosion at the entrance of a dug out in the trenches as he was about to leave to deliever a message.
Brother to Private 43475 Joseph Wharmby.