Private William Shield Whitfield (No: 38939)

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Date of Birth:

Place of Birth:

Hamlet: Burnfoot

Village: St Johns Chapel

Parish: St Johns Chapel

Enlisted: Saturday, November 20, 1915, Sunderland (aged 32)

Regiment: Yorkshire Regiment

Battalion: 5th Battalion (9th Battalion)

Conflict: First World War

War Record: Yes

Discharge Status:

Next of Kin: Husband of Mary Ann Whitfield of Burnfoot, St. Johns Chapel

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Notes

Occupation on enlistment - Head Counter Man - Married Mary Ann Johnson 1906 - Posted to France from 10/1/1917 to 19/5/1917 - Gunshot Wound to Right Foot11/5/1917 - Posted to Reserves at West Hartlepool25/1/1918 - Suffered from shell shock & French Fever Died 12th June 1951 at Frosterley-

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