This William Whitmore is the nephew of our William Bernard Whitmore. He originally joined the Royal Warwicks, but as you can see from the address here, he was transferred and served in the Machine Gun Company of the 73rd Infantry Brigade of the 24th Division (on 5th March 1918 this became the 24th Machine Gun Battalion). He arrived in France (Le Havre) on 11th March 1915 and remained for the duration of the war.
The battalions in the 57th Brigade were:
9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
7th (Service) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
13th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
2nd Battalion, Leinster Regiment
The 24th Division was involved in the following action: Please note: as with all tables like this one, remember that it lists only engagements with the enemy. Troops would spend considerable amounts of time each year in the trenches, and within firing range of the enemy. Shelling and sniping would be a permanent danger, which lessened (but did not disappear) when there was no major engagement.
You'll notice that William Bernard was also engaged in the Battles of Guillemont and Vimy, and the pursuit to the Selle. However, in each of these engagements, the two Williams were assigned to different Corps.
| Campaign | Battle | Dates Present |
| Battle of Loos | 25 Sept. - 8 Oct. 1915 | |
| Battle of the Somme | Battle of Delville Wood | 15 July - 3 Sept. 1916 |
| Battle of Guillemont | 3 Sept. - 6 Sept. 1916 | |
| The Arras Offensive | Battle of Vimy | 9 Apr. - 14 Apr. 1917 |
| The Flanders Offensive | Battle of Messines | 7 June - 14 June 1917 |
| 3rd battle of Ypres | Battle of Pilckem | 31 July - 2 Aug. 1917 |
| Battle of Langemarck | 16 Aug. - 18 Aug. 1917 | |
| 2nd battle of the Somme | Battle of St Quentin | 21 Mar. - 23 Mar. 1918 |
| Actions at the Somme Crossings | 24 Mar. - 25 Mar. 1918 | |
| Battle of Rosieres | 26 Mar. - 27 Mar. 1918 | |
| Battle of the Avre | 4 Apr. 1918 | |
| Battle of the Ancre | 5 Apr. 1918 | |
| Battles of the Hindenburg Line | Battle of Cambrai | 8 Oct. - 9 Oct. 1918 |
| Pursuit to the Selle | 9 Oct. - 12 Oct. 1918 | |
| Final advance in Picardy | Battle of Valenciennes | 1 Nov. - 2 Nov. 1918 |
| Battle of the Sambre | 4 Nov. 1918 | |
| Passage of the Grand Honelle | 5 Nov. - 7 Nov. 1918 |
Taken from The British Army in the Great War, and The Regimental Warpath.