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Stoker 1St Class R H WHITFORD

Service Number: 158115
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

(RFR.Dev.B.434) H.M.S. Essex

Date of Death

Died 19 April 1915

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARROW-IN-FURNESS (THORNCLIFFE) CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM

II. 2776.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Alice Whifford, of 21, Queen St., Devonport.
  • Personal Inscription ARISEN
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Buried or commemorated at

BARROW-IN-FURNESS (THORNCLIFFE) CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 205
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