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Record #23175
Name :
: Rowland Joseph WHITING (1896 - 1918)
  aka : Private Whiting


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 12 Oct 1896

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 28 Sep 1918   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Buckinghamshire, Stoke Goldington
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 22 Sep 1907
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Newport Pagnell Union Workhouse

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Roland Joseph Whiting.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Ancestry.com
Name: Joseph Rowland Whiting
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1892
Registration District: Newport Pagnell
Inferred County: Buckinghamshire
Volume: 3a
Page: 714

1901 English Census for Roland Whiting places him as an inmate at Newport Pagnell Union Workhouse, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England. Along with Roland is Dora, no age listed, Doras, no age listed, and Archer 4 years old. Roland was born in 1893 in Stoke Goldington, Buckinghamshire, England.

Attestation paper for Rowland Joseph Whiting was signed 11 Jul 1916 in Toronto, Ontario. His current adddres was 102 Strachan Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Buckinghamshire, England on 12 Oct 1896. His Next of Kin was listed as Dora Mitchell, his sister, in Witley,

Surrey, England. He was a student. 5'5 1/2" in height, hazel eyes and brown hair with a scar on the back of his left hand. Religion is marked as Methodist.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers states Rowland died of wounds at No, 30 Casualty Clearing Station. He was buried at Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Plot III, A, 19.

Find A Grave Memorial# 56584359 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-10-10 13:53:10 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-10-10 13:54:46 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
15381 WHITING, Elisha1860ENG,     1872 : - Unknown - CAN Maria Rye  
5957 WHITING, Ethel May1895ENG,     May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
5958 WHITING, Eva Mary1894ENG,     May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
3525 WHITING, Leonard1899ENG,     May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
23175 WHITING, Rowland Joseph1896ENG, BKM, Stoke Goldington Sep 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos