Wilfred Whitwam

Private. 307860. 1/7th Battalion. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment.

Born on 9th July 1890. Baptised on 31 August at St. John's Church' Golcar.

Grandson of Sarah Ann Whitwam.

Brother of Tom and Marion.

Occupation: General Manager of Co-operative Society.

Address; 71 Station Road, Golcar.

Killed in action on 29th April 1918. Aged 27.

Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 82 to 85 and 162A.

Wilfred and his brother and sister lived with their widowed grandmother and her three children, Mary E, Edgar and Alice.

Wilfred's name appears on the Roll of Honour in St. John's Church, Golcar and Huddersfield Drill Hall.