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Benjamin Whittingham

Lance Serjeant

Service No. S/18737

Age 31

Died on 1 September 1916

Cameron Highlanders

BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Somme, France

Son of James and Elizabeth Whittingham, of 66, Duke St., Motherwell; husband of Jane McIlroy (formerly Whittingham), of 66, Milton St., Motherwell.

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Henry Harrison

Benjamin, O valiant heart, who to your glory came….your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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You have not been forgotten great- grandpa, Love from all of your family! Michelle Whittingham-Reed

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Benjamin, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, although so many of our comrades must have been bl...

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