Whitfield, Edward
Regiment: Grenadier Guards (2nd Battalion)
Rank: Private (appointed Lance Corporal 2 Feb 1899)
Service No: 5942
Boer War service: 18 Mar 1900 to 8 Mar 1901
Date of enlistment: 2 Sept 1896
Date of discharge: 1 Sept 1908
Reason for discharge: Termination of Engagement
Other information: Edward served in Gibraltar between 28 Sept 1897 and 3 Oct 1899.
Born: Birth registered in Ellesmere, Shropshire on 7th August 1879 and Edward was baptised on 31 August the same year in Bronington Parish Church, Flintshire, Wales.
Family: He was one of four (possibly six) children of Margaret Whitfield (all with no named father). He married Rosa Maria Butcher on 20 May 1903 at St. Phillip’s Church, Kensington and together they had at least one child. It is possible that his mother married Thomas Simmons and they had two children together, James and Richard; these would have been Edward’s half siblings.
Residence: At the time of his baptism his mother was living at Little Green, Bronington; he continued to live at this address with his mother, siblings and grandparents until at least 1881. In 1901 he was a visitor at 29 Windmill Street, Tunstall, Staffordshire.
Employment: He was a labourer when he enlisted.
Death: In 1941 in Willesden, North West London aged 62
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