Captain Lionel Ward Whitehead
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Whitehead,
Lionel Ward
Date of birth: 1890-04-19
Place of birth: Montreal Quebec Canada
Next of kin: William Thomas Whitehead, 99 Crescent St., Montreal, Quebec
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Manufacturer
Occupation (normalized): Other Production and Related Workers Not Elsewhere Classified
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1915-04-22
Cause of death:
Missing, presumed killed
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Captain
(13th Battalion)
Rank detail
Captain, 13th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 1597021
LAC ID:
307339
Service file: B10312-S019
Uploader's Notes:
Son of William Thomas Whitehead and his wife Anne Lilian Ward, of Montreal.
Had served for 8.5 years with the Royal Highlanders of Canada (Black Watch), Canadian Militia.
R.C Fetherstonhaugh's Battalion history indicates a different date of death (page 50) - April 24, in the morning he was fatally wounded.
Fetherstonhaugh describes Captain Whitehead's last moments:
"It was at this time that Lieut. C.B. Pitblado displayed the greatest gallantry in carrying back Capt. Whitehead, who had been mortally wounded in the head and was out of his senses. Being hit in the knee himself, Pitblado was compelled to abandon Whitehead, who was by this time unconscious." (Page 50)
Uploader's Research notes: [Captain Army Canadian Infantry 13th Battalion 1 Second in command of Number 1 Company. ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2006-10-30