58521: Photographs of Joseph Whitham

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posted on 2024-02-17, 20:59 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

Joseph Whitham
Enlisted: September 1914
Demobilised: June 1919
Period September 1914 to September 1916 with 2/1st Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry, No. 4 Troop, C Squadron. Regimental No. 3648.
and during those two years quartered at Regimental Depot in Manchester, also Southport; Kendal, Jillicoulby & Ladybank nr Cupar.

Period September 1916 to June 1919 with 2nd & 8th Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. On active service in Macedonia, finishing at Batumn, a Russian fort on the Black Sea. Regimental number 25763. D Company, Transport Section.

Editor's Comment:
Photograph of Pte. Whitham in the uniform of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry. Note the 'broad arrow', signifying government ownership, shaved into the horse's coat.

History

Identifier

Subject

Whitham, Joseph

Date

August 1914 - September 1916

Date Created

01/08/1914

Temporal Coverage

30/09/1916

Source

Photograph

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4

Number of Pages

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Richard Marshall | Gordon H. Whitham

Submission Event

Oxford Central Library Submission Day, 10th March 2008

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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Keywords

Great War Archive World War One Oxford Central Library, 10th March 2008 Photographs

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0