Whitelegge, Jack

Name of Researcher / Enw’r ymchwylydd: Mavis Williams
Name of Memorial / Enw’r gofeb: Broughton (Bretton) Memorial
Regiment/Catrawd: 275th Bde. Royal Field Artillery, formerly Royal Field Artillery (see Jack’s Flintshire WW1 Index Cards (below) as they have differing details of Jacks’s unit.
Service Rank and Number / Rheng gwasanaeth a rhif: Gunner, 676427, formerly 3226
Military Cemetery/Memorial / Fynwent milwrol: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Ref No Grave or Memorial / Rhif cyfeirnod bedd: Panel 5 and 9
Country of Cemetery or Memorial / Gwlad y fynwent neu gofeb: Belgium
Medals Awarded / Medalau a ddyfarnwyd: British War & Victory Medals.
Date of Death / Dyddiad Marwolaeth: 31 July 1917
Circumstances of Death / Dyddiad ac amgylchiadau marwolaeth:
Wounded & Reported missing at Battle of Ypres, 31st July 1917. Death officially assumed June 1918, written on Flintshire WW1 Index card by a member of his family.
Commonwealth War Grave Certificate / Tystysgrif Bedd Rhyfel y GymanwladView certificate

Jack is also remembered on the Hawarden War Memorial, please click on the link to read his story.

Flintshire War Memorials