William John Whittingham

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

109703

Unit at enlistment:

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Birth country:

Wales

Birth county:

Montgomeryshire

Address at enlistment:

Grandview P.O., Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Grandview P.O., Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Farmer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Wounded

BX November 2, 1915

Returned Soldiers – More Brantford Heroes Invalided From Service Arrived Home

Three Brantford Soldiers are due to arrive in the city some time today from the front, each of the men having received wounds or having been incapacitated from further military service.

Leonard W. Phillips

Private Leonard W. Phillips of Brantford, who arrived in Toronto yesterday, was a member of the Fourth Battalion, having enlisted here in November and drafted into the first contingent. He had both feet frozen while in the trenches on March 29. “My left foot gave me the most trouble and it was thought they would have to amputate it,” said he. “Fortunately there was no need, but I have not the full use of it yet. I was taken to the Boulogne Hospital, then to the Anglo-American hospital, then to England, and here I am.”

John White

Private John White, another Brantford soldier, who is expected to return to the city today, was wounded at Langemarck. Pte. White resided at the time of his enlistment at 3 Brant Street, and left here with the first contingent of Dufferin Rifles for service at the front. Since coming to the city ten years ago from his home in Russia where his parents had previously died, Private White was employed as a machinist at the Massey-Harris works. Prior to the outbreak of hostilities, he served two and a half years with the Dufferin Rifles, but had no previous military experience.

His sister, Mrs. R. Jennings, who resides at 33 Palace Street, is his only relative, she having accompanied her brother from Russia ten years ago.

William John Whittingham

Private William John Whittingham, of Grandview, Brantford, is the third Brantford volunteer who is returning to his home from the front. Pte. Whittingham left with the 25th Brant Dragoons on November 20, 1914. He was wounded in the back by a shell in the battle of Ypres.