Son of ex-Police Sergeant Ricahrd Whittingham, of Clifton, Lancashire, and the late Barbara Ellen Whittingham. Enlisted August 1914.
Whittingham, Richard –
Personal details
- Surname: Whittingham
- Forename: Richard
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Hulme, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Clifton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 32
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: February 8th, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 12th (Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 7947
- Regiment: Manchester Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Manchester, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: St / V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Clifton (Swinton) WWI War Memorial - Clifton
- CWGC Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
- CWGC reference: Pier and Face 13 A and 14 C.
Local newspaper entries
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 02/03/1917