George Edward Whitaker

Rank:

Gunner

Regimental number:

322921

Unit at enlistment:

14th Brigade C.F.A., 55th Battery Draft

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Farringdon Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Farringdon Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

York

Birth city:

Toronto, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

144 Chatham Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

144 Chatham Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Student

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX November 27, 1916

Gunner G.E. Whitaker

George Edward Whitaker of this city is reported wounded.

BX June 7, 1917

Gunner George Edward Whitaker Has Been Wounded

That Gunner George Edward Whitaker, nephew of W.H. Whitaker, 144 Chatham Street, had been wounded and admitted to a hospital at Etaples, was the word received in the city today. Gunner George Whitaker has made his home for the past nine years with his uncle. He was attending St. Andrew’s College when he enlisted with a battery at Guelph. Before this battery left for overseas he went across with a draft. He left Canada about 15 months ago, and has been in France on the firing line for about nine months. He was admitted to hospital on May 28.

BX June 18, 1917

Both Legs Now Amputated

That his nephew, Gunner George Edward Whitaker had both his legs amputated below the knee was the further word received this morning by Mr. W.H. Whitaker of the Goold, Shapley Muir Company. A week ago Mr. Whitaker received the word that his nephew was seriously ill and had one leg amputated. This morning's cablegram brings the news that the second leg has also been lost. At the time of enlisting with a battery from Guelph he was a student at St. Andrew's college. For the past nine years he has made his home here with Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Whitaker. Two brothers are at the front.

BX October 6, 1959

George E. Whitaker

George Edward Whitaker, formerly of Brantford, died Monday at his residence at Grimsby Beach. Born in Toronto 60 years ago, he was the don of the late George A. Whitaker and Nellie Broomfield. An employee of the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission for many years, he served in Toronto for 10 years, in Simcoe for 15 years and in Brockville for 10 years. He was latterly active in the Ontario Hydro frequency conversion project, and had been area project manager in Toronto and area manager in Brockville. A veteran of the First World War, he enlisted in Guelph with the 55th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery and was transferred overseas to the 22nd Battery, Second Division, as a gunner. Wounded in action at Vimy Ridge, he was a double amputee, and was keenly interested in the War Amps Association, especially concerning the blind veterans. Mr. Whitaker attended school at St. Andrew’s College, Toronto, from 1908 to 1915. He was a member of Trinity United Church, Grimsby, and the Ontario Hydro Quarter Century Club. Surviving are his widow, the former Sarah Wray McKnight and two daughters, Mrs. C.W. (Betty) Tugman of Port Credit, Mrs. W.A. (Eleanor) Throop of Toronto; one brother, Ewart of Brantford. Mr. Whitaker is resting at the Stonehouse-Whitcomb Funeral Home, Mountain Street, Grimsby, for service Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in the Farringdon Burial Ground, Brantford.