Every Name a Story

H. Whitfield 1917
Rank : Driver

Chevington

Henry  Whitfield

Every Name a Story

In Chevington Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of:

111307 Driver
H. Whitfield
Royal Field Artillery
12th April 1917 age 27

Gone but not forgotten

The son of George Whitfield, of 30, Hartside Terrace, Chevington Drift, Morpeth and the husband of Mary Whitfield.

Morpeth Herald 20/04/1917 carries a brief obituary:
ROLL OF HONOUR
WHITFIELD.- Died of wounds, April 12th, in Leith War Hospital, aged 27 years, Driver Henry Whitfield, R.F.A., beloved son of George and [the] late Eleanor Whitfield, of Chevington, Acklington, and was interred at Broomhill [sic] Cemetery (with military honours), on April 18th.

“By the Green of the Spring” A tribute to the men of Chevington and Broomhill who served in the First World War:; J.H. Hardy; 2004; Amble Social History Group.

Acknowledgements: S.C. Knox.

Henry Whitfield is remembered in Chevington on C27.01 and in East Chevington on E7.01

First Name: Henry

Last Name: Whitfield

Service Number: 111307

Which War: First World War 1914-18

Died: 12/04/1917

Age: 27

Rank: Driver

Regiment: Royal Field Artillery

Served in: Army

Unit/Ship: 5c Reserve Brigade

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County Notes

Northumberland

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Castle Morpeth

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Chevington

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