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.