William Whitehall (buried 1910)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Whitehall
First name: 
William
Other Christian names: 
Charles
Gender: 
Male
Burial number: 
600
Born: 
6/9/1883
Died: 
08/03/1910
Buried: 
11/03/1910
Occupation: 
Private in Royal Marine Artillery;
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Image of headstone for Charles Whitehall
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
4
Cemetery plot: 
2
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Charles Henry Whitehall who died October 5th 1908 aged 57 years. "Not gone from memory nor from love, but gone to our Father's home above" Also of John Verral Whitehall who died in South Africa August 16th 1905 aged 22years. Also of William Charles Whitehall died March 8th 1910 aged 25 years.
Grave location map

Life story

Life story

William was the son of Charles Henry Whitehall, a coffee house proprietor, and his wife, Catherine Anne, nee Vernall. He joined the Royal Marine Artillery as a Private, service number 9486, at the naval base at Eastney, Hampshire, on 7 March 1901, aged 17 ½ , which means he was under age by six months. His service record describes him as having a fresh complexion, brown hair and blue eyes and no marks, wounds or 'hurts'. His height was 5ft. 6½ ins. By the time he left the Service he had grown 1 ½ins. Until 5 October 1902 he trained at RM 'Arty, a shore-based establishment, often known as a 'stone frigate'. For the next couple of months he was at sea on HMS 'Nile', a Trafalgar class battleship which had taken part in the Spithead Review for the coronation of King Edward VII on 16 August 1902. William's next ship was HMS 'Royal Oak', a Royal Sovereign class battleship, until November 1904 and then he went back to RM 'Arty' until early June 1905. He spent the next 3 months on board HMS 'Revenge', another Royal Sovereign class battleship, before a further period of on-shore training. Between January and the end of April 1906 he served on HMS 'Victorious', the second flagship of the Channel Fleet, and then from 27 April until the end of October 1906 aboard HMS 'Magnificent'. After more on-shore training he served on HMS 'Glory', his last ship. Throughout his time in the Royal Marine Artillery his conduct and ability were consistently 'good' or 'very good'. In June 1908 he was invalided out of the Service because he had contracted tuberculosis. When he died on 8 March 1910, his death certificate gave the cause as pulmonary tuberculosis, which he had had for 2 years.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Gender: 
Male
Date born: 
06/09/1883
Address at birth: 
Malvern, Worcestershire
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Catherine
Mother's maiden name: 
Vernall
Mother's year of birth: 
1855
Father
Father's name: 
Charles Henry Whitehall
Father's burial key: 
569
Father's year of birth: 
1851
Father's year of death: 
1908

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
08/03/1910
Age (at time of death): 
45
Cause of death: 
Tuberculosis
Address at time of death: 
Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1891 census: 

21, Adelaide Street, Aston, Birmingham Charles H Whitehall, 39, head, coffee house proprietor; Catherine Whitehall, 36, Whitehall, wife; John N Whitehall, 8, son, scholar; William C Whitehall, 6 (sic), scholar; Lenwine R Newman, 55, lodger, saddle tree maker; Robert Perry, 58, lodger, tool maker; William Mee, 35, lodger, tailor;