Whitehead, Fred

Rank:

Driver

Regiment:

Royal Engineers

Regimental No. & Battalion

136584

Status:

Discharged


 


Research Notes

From Fred Whitehead's Service Record

Address Near the Cross, Crich; aged 26 years 3 month; labourer in quarry; next of kin Elsie Whitehead (wife); children George Arthur (Fritchley) b. 16/12/12, Frederick Joseph (Fritchley) b. 26/10/13, Betsy Lynn (Crich) b.02/02/15, Jack (Belper) b. 03/06/16; enrolled 26/10/15; discharged no longer physically fit driver on 07/11/18; admitted Derby Royal Infirmary; daughter Betsy Lynn Whitehead died 12/01/16 aged 11 months pneumonia; 13/04/16 treated for cut first finger, right hand,in Rouen; attested 16/10/15; height 5 ft 6¼in; weight 135lb; medically not approved as V.D.H Apex beat well outside ? suffers from shortness of breath;

Cannot find him in Census Records.

Fred Whitehead married Elsie Crowder at Belper Q4 in 1912