William Bernard Whitmore
14th (Service) Battalion

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

(The Birmingham Pals)

 

Number 133 ('A' Company)

 

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Comrades of 'A' Company

It is thought that William Whitmore made this list prior to departing to France, probably early in 1915. (He lists himself as a Private, though he was promoted to Lance-Corporal on 24th May 1915).  Some of soldiers listed were promoted during the campaign, and others were transferred before setting sail.

The photographs on this page are taken from 'Birmingham City Battalion Book of Honour'.
Number 1 Platoon

No 1 Platoon No 1 Section

Reg No Rank Name
  Cap Robinson - Sen
  " Ehrhardt - Jun
  2nd Lieut Baugh - ? Con
  CSM Hern K Commission
1062 QMS Parry W M
217 Sgt Middleton A C(?) Commission
65 LCpl Cooper A M
111 " Hooper F A
193 Pte Hall W E
64 " Curtis G W [killed 23 July 1916, aged 29]
105 " Widdowson H
240 " Holder J P
66 " Ball C S
119 " Prescott T P [killed 23 July 1916, aged 22]
166 " Hughes H T
101 " Bate F A
78 " Adey A H
113 " Howell D [killed 25 March 1916, aged 21]
79 " Smith F G
510 " Benfield B W [killed 23 July 1916, aged 26]
? " Sheaf F

No 1 Platoon No 2 Section

Reg No Rank Name
236 Sgt Fawcett F A
1073 LCpl Harris A
861 " Bird W H
43 Pte Matthews M(?) A
490 " Smith O
27 " Klein W
192 " Lavelle J M
90 " Stephenson S C
148 " Franklin W E
185 " Lemmon(?) E
47 " Cox R G
141 " Smart N H(?)
509 " Beech C J
97 " Tongue G H
46 " Renaud Y C - Discharged
73 " Tongue W E
35 " ? ? ?

No 1 Platoon No 3 Section

Reg No Rank Name
188 LCpl(?) Lilley A- Transferred to C Coy
63 Pte Cooper G E
179 " Butler C H T
61 " Collyer S J
363 " Bishop E L
592 " Butler L S L [killed 21 July 1916, aged 18]
832 " Judge T
48 " Clarke F W - On Probation A O Corps
183 " Booth S - On Probation A O Corps
136 " Williams H
181 " Bachelor W
139 " Whitehead E H

No 1 Platoon No 4 Section

Reg No Rank Name
60 Sgt Cross J K(?) Commission 18/3/15(?)
133 Pte Whitmore W B
13 " Glaze B C
161 " Goldspink G H
163 " Green S
70 " Harding S W
84 " Hunt F D
170 " Jacobs F
174 " Jones A [killed 23 July 1916, aged 24]
168 " Jackson S P
173 " Jones W
106 " Pedlingham E R
21 LCpl Smith J B [killed 23 July 1916, aged 21]
142 " Scott S L
145 LCpl? Evans - On Probation
293(?) Sgt ? ?

No 2 Platoon No 5 Section

Reg No Rank Name
  2nd Lieut Lythgoe [killed 26 July 1916]
1078 Sgt Phillips A J
95 " Upton A
22 " Cooksey M
  Cpl Williams
58 LCpl Cox F W [killed 30 July 1916]
28 Pte Anstey J D [killed 23 July 1916]
52 " Cox H J
69 " Dixon S
227 " Elliott G S
114 " Harris D W
187 " Lees T
40 " Morley E W [killed 23 July 1916]
42 " Narborough H(?)
121 " Pondrous A
103 " Richardson H J - on probation R F(?) Corps
96 " Rodway H
?37 " Wilkinson D A

No 2 Platoon No 6 Section

Reg No Rank Name
589 Cpl Cartwright
41 " Hill T
398 Pte Frasier M T H(?)
234 " Freeman T H
606 " Green N F
87 " Hill A E
823 " Jackson R A
178 " Johnson A H Commission 5.4.15
199 " ?ibby C
45 " North W J [killed 23 July 1916]
127 " Palmer A E
72 " Teffer(?) T W
1018 " Wasser H
1014 " Weston N A
1015 " Weston M H
  Sgt Toed(?) on probation C O ?

No 2 Platoon No 7 Section

Reg.No Rank Name
33 Cpl Rowcroft G A [killed 23 July 1916]
861 Pte Bird W H
549 " De Vere R Commissioned 25/3/15
12 " Float S E
401 " Goode S A
1 " Fleming H
2 " Green G F
905 " Guthrie A D
91 " Hawton E
822 " Johnson L J
124 " Park N
774 " Parker S H
666 " Wilson J D
574 " Bird C J
131 " Preston W A [killed 23 July 1916, aged 23]

No 2 Platoon No 8 Section

Reg.No Rank Name
581 Cpl Brown P W Commissioned 10/3/15
764 LCpl Sanby W Commission
575 Pte Brooks R A
595 " Burton W
49 " Coates
53 " Cheshire D
1100 " Deane
147 " Field F A [killed 23 July 1916, aged 22]
115 " Howard A
449 " Ineuds(?) H
89 " Skett
750 " Taylor B C
76 " Thompson A E [killed 23 July 1916, aged 24]

No 3 Platoon No 9 Section

Reg.No Rank Name
  2nd Lieu Lythgoe [killed 26 July 1916]
1030 Sgt Malin [killed 26 July 1916, aged 45]
249 L Sgt Curle
382 L Cpl Hughes Commission 10.3.15
30 Pte Allen C B [killed 23 July 1916]
85 " Brooks
15 " Dowler
230 " Findlay
149 " Farnell A B [killed 23 July 1916, aged 25]
150 " Farnell A C [killed 23 July 1916]
202 " Goode
200 " Gibson
158 " Gledhill
(1?)67 " Instone
108 " Jennings
(?)8 " Lund
(?) 39 " M Michael Commissioned
?8 " Pain
? " Proe

No 3 Platoon No 10 Section

Reg No Rank Name
781 LSgt Keep A B Commission
154 Pte Bird W H
565 " Anderton S [killed 23 July 1916, aged 24]
57 " Coslett F V Commission
50 " Coslett T C [killed 23 July 1916]
55 " Caswell J R [transferred to 10th Battalion, died of wounds 15 May 1918, aged 28]
51 " Clements C A
178 " Holtham M
172 " Jones S A
171 " Jones H A
176 " Joliffe L D
215 " McQuay F [killed 30 July 1916]
126 " Platt S W [killed 23 July 1916, aged 33]
132 " Wiles F W
1010 " Willis O
? Sgt Rice W G L

No 3 Platoon No 11 Section

Reg No Rank Name
1088 Sgt Kitchen J M A [killed 16 December 1915]
594 LCpl Burleigh S G Commission 3.5.15
248 " Curle A C
211 Pte Sanders V G
324 " Dawson G
155 " Hoe A [transferred to 10th battalion, killed 20 June 1917, aged 24]
169 " Jones F G [killed 23 July 1916, aged 25]
110 " Jukes A E
218 " Mansell C P
212 " Miller N
213 " Middleton S N
835 " Northwood J D D
210 " Sanders V G
144 " Smith S - Killed 18/3/16
311 " Thompson V H [killed 23 July 1916, aged 24]

No 3 Platoon No 12 Section

Reg No Rank Name
184 LCpl Langley
384 Pte Higgins Commission 30.4.15
245 " Crocksford
243 " Cartwright
222 " Evans P M [killed 25 November 1916, aged 24]
209 " Groves
677 " Ingram
189 " Lindner C A
343 " Lilley
214 " McNeil
816 " Onions [killed 23 July 1916, aged 22]
314 " Turner
285 " Wilcock
1002 " Butt

No 4 Platoon No 13 Section

Reg No Rank Name
  2nd Lieu Matthews
244 Sgt Connolly J P
71 Cpl Taylor O P
104 Pte Beddart A J
561 " Bailey W E
14 " Davies H V
116 " Hutton T W M
180 " Hutton J H M - Transferred to F C
182 " Homer - Discharged
8 " Marsh A H
732 " Sorge F(?)
276 " Sharrock W - Transferred to F C
93 " Vint G
94 " Vint S A [killed 23 July 1916]
?34 " Watkins A G W

No 4 Platoon No 14 Section

Reg No Rank Name
753 LCpl Plenderleith C B
153 Pte Bagot F H
194 " Bentley S T
164 " Goodings S A
242 " Heath W R [transferred to 15th Battalion, killed 3 September 1916]
26 " Kynock E J - Transferred 17.2.15 RFC
117 " Page F H
120 " Parsonage F W
143 " Simmonds F C
711 " Skerritt H R
17 " Sidwell W H
18 " Simons F E
81 " Sprawson W C
267 " White G

No 4 Platoon No 15 Section

Reg No Rank Name
808 LCpl Line W R A
205 Pte Green A P [killed 23 July 1916, aged 21]
1072 " Groom T R Commission 24/6/15
137 " Franks J W
806 " Line F F
346 " Levi F J
821 " Mead - Transferred to AOC(?)
773 " Plenderleith N(?) W(?)
486 " Rudd O [killed 23 July 1916, aged 19]
485 " Rudd A W
484 " Rosenthall A
140 " Roberts W
274 " Scott R W [killed 3 September 1916, aged 21]
496 " Warren-Boulton [killed 23 July 1916, aged 19]
82 " Tiernay J T F [killed 23 July 1916, aged 26]

No 4 Platoon No 16 Section

Reg No Rank Name
1067 C?S Patchett H T
38 Cpl Morey S K(?)
25 LCpl Kirk H G
56 " Cranmer F W
77 Pte Alldridge H
825 " Jervis N E
824 " Jervis A C - Commission 25/3/25
175 " Jones H B
380 " Hanson T R [killed 23 July 1916]
303 " Phelps E J
80 " Silk E G [killed 20 September 1918]
744 " Stones S
24 " Mann S
44 " Nickson S C [killed 23 July 1916, aged 24]
83 " Troman C G [killed 23 July 1916, aged 27]
98 " Troman J H

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