Lance Corporal William Whitmore served with the Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/851) SS "Anna Sofie" Service number PO/8115.
William was the son of William Frederick and Mary Ann Whitmore nee Smith of 68 Bootham Rd., Stoke-on-Trent, and the husband of Margaret Bessie Whitmore of 829 Sheffield Rd., Sheepbridge, Chesterfield. William and Margaret had two children together, Kathleen Louisa Maud and Norah Eleanor.
He served as a Gunner on armed merchant ships during the First World War. On 23 July 1918 he was serving aboard the SS Anna Sofie when it was torpedoed off Trevose head, Cornwall. William was 43 when he was killed during the attack and was believed to have been lost at sea.
After the war William was commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. William was awarded the Star, British War and Victory Medals, and he is remembered on Old Whittington and the Brushes War Memorials
In 2015 through the research of historians, William's body was proved to have been washed ashore at Padstow where he was laid to rest. A service to dedicate the new commemorative headstone (plot A 74) to William took place at 1400hrs on 11 August 2015 at Padstow Cemetery, Cornwall. The service was conducted by The Revd T Thomas-Botwood from Royal Navy Air Station Culdrose. It was attended by several members of William's family, representatives from The Royal Marines and local dignitaries. The service was arranged by the Ministry of Defence's Commemorations team, with the Commonwealth War Grave Commission arranging the manufacture and installation of the new headstone to replace the one showing that the grave contained the remains of "A Royal Marine of the Great War 19th August 1918"
"This photo is my Great Grandfather William Whitmore. He drowned after his ship was torpedoed, he washed ashore in the town of Padstow. The towns people took great care of his body and gave him a military funeral not knowing who he was. It has taken 97 years to find him. On August 11 2015 he was officially given his place of rest with his name attached." - Deborah Kenney
Commemorated in perpetuity by Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
(General Register Office records show that William was born June quarter 1875 in Stoke on Trent. Volume 6b, page 245)
William was the son of William Frederick and Mary Ann Whitmore nee Smith of 68 Bootham Rd., Stoke-on-Trent, and the husband of Margaret Bessie Whitmore of 829 Sheffield Rd., Sheepbridge, Chesterfield. William and Margaret had two children together, Kathleen Louisa Maud and Norah Eleanor.
He served as a Gunner on armed merchant ships during the First World War. On 23 July 1918 he was serving aboard the SS Anna Sofie when it was torpedoed off Trevose head, Cornwall. William was 43 when he was killed during the attack and was believed to have been lost at sea.
After the war William was commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. William was awarded the Star, British War and Victory Medals, and he is remembered on Old Whittington and the Brushes War Memorials
In 2015 through the research of historians, William's body was proved to have been washed ashore at Padstow where he was laid to rest. A service to dedicate the new commemorative headstone (plot A 74) to William took place at 1400hrs on 11 August 2015 at Padstow Cemetery, Cornwall. The service was conducted by The Revd T Thomas-Botwood from Royal Navy Air Station Culdrose. It was attended by several members of William's family, representatives from The Royal Marines and local dignitaries. The service was arranged by the Ministry of Defence's Commemorations team, with the Commonwealth War Grave Commission arranging the manufacture and installation of the new headstone to replace the one showing that the grave contained the remains of "A Royal Marine of the Great War 19th August 1918"
"This photo is my Great Grandfather William Whitmore. He drowned after his ship was torpedoed, he washed ashore in the town of Padstow. The towns people took great care of his body and gave him a military funeral not knowing who he was. It has taken 97 years to find him. On August 11 2015 he was officially given his place of rest with his name attached." - Deborah Kenney
Commemorated in perpetuity by Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
(General Register Office records show that William was born June quarter 1875 in Stoke on Trent. Volume 6b, page 245)
Lance Corporal William Whitmore served with the Royal Marine Light Infantry (RMR/B/851) SS "Anna Sofie" Service number PO/8115.
William was the son of William Frederick and Mary Ann Whitmore nee Smith of 68 Bootham Rd., Stoke-on-Trent, and the husband of Margaret Bessie Whitmore of 829 Sheffield Rd., Sheepbridge, Chesterfield. William and Margaret had two children together, Kathleen Louisa Maud and Norah Eleanor.
He served as a Gunner on armed merchant ships during the First World War. On 23 July 1918 he was serving aboard the SS Anna Sofie when it was torpedoed off Trevose head, Cornwall. William was 43 when he was killed during the attack and was believed to have been lost at sea.
After the war William was commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. William was awarded the Star, British War and Victory Medals, and he is remembered on Old Whittington and the Brushes War Memorials
In 2015 through the research of historians, William's body was proved to have been washed ashore at Padstow where he was laid to rest. A service to dedicate the new commemorative headstone (plot A 74) to William took place at 1400hrs on 11 August 2015 at Padstow Cemetery, Cornwall. The service was conducted by The Revd T Thomas-Botwood from Royal Navy Air Station Culdrose. It was attended by several members of William's family, representatives from The Royal Marines and local dignitaries. The service was arranged by the Ministry of Defence's Commemorations team, with the Commonwealth War Grave Commission arranging the manufacture and installation of the new headstone to replace the one showing that the grave contained the remains of "A Royal Marine of the Great War 19th August 1918"
"This photo is my Great Grandfather William Whitmore. He drowned after his ship was torpedoed, he washed ashore in the town of Padstow. The towns people took great care of his body and gave him a military funeral not knowing who he was. It has taken 97 years to find him. On August 11 2015 he was officially given his place of rest with his name attached." - Deborah Kenney
Commemorated in perpetuity by Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
(General Register Office records show that William was born June quarter 1875 in Stoke on Trent. Volume 6b, page 245)
William was the son of William Frederick and Mary Ann Whitmore nee Smith of 68 Bootham Rd., Stoke-on-Trent, and the husband of Margaret Bessie Whitmore of 829 Sheffield Rd., Sheepbridge, Chesterfield. William and Margaret had two children together, Kathleen Louisa Maud and Norah Eleanor.
He served as a Gunner on armed merchant ships during the First World War. On 23 July 1918 he was serving aboard the SS Anna Sofie when it was torpedoed off Trevose head, Cornwall. William was 43 when he was killed during the attack and was believed to have been lost at sea.
After the war William was commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. William was awarded the Star, British War and Victory Medals, and he is remembered on Old Whittington and the Brushes War Memorials
In 2015 through the research of historians, William's body was proved to have been washed ashore at Padstow where he was laid to rest. A service to dedicate the new commemorative headstone (plot A 74) to William took place at 1400hrs on 11 August 2015 at Padstow Cemetery, Cornwall. The service was conducted by The Revd T Thomas-Botwood from Royal Navy Air Station Culdrose. It was attended by several members of William's family, representatives from The Royal Marines and local dignitaries. The service was arranged by the Ministry of Defence's Commemorations team, with the Commonwealth War Grave Commission arranging the manufacture and installation of the new headstone to replace the one showing that the grave contained the remains of "A Royal Marine of the Great War 19th August 1918"
"This photo is my Great Grandfather William Whitmore. He drowned after his ship was torpedoed, he washed ashore in the town of Padstow. The towns people took great care of his body and gave him a military funeral not knowing who he was. It has taken 97 years to find him. On August 11 2015 he was officially given his place of rest with his name attached." - Deborah Kenney
Commemorated in perpetuity by Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
(General Register Office records show that William was born June quarter 1875 in Stoke on Trent. Volume 6b, page 245)
Inscription
PO/8115 L CPL. R.M.L.I W WHITMORE, SS "ANNA SOFIE" 23RD JULY 1918 AGE 42. LOST OFF PADSTOW IN 1918, A MARINE, HUSBAND AND FATHER, MISSED BY WIFE MARGARET, & DAUGHTERS KATHLEEN & NORA.
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