| Surname: | Whittamore |
| Initials: | J G |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 4980676 |
| Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters, 26/4/41 transferred to CMP. 3/43 serving with 50 Div Pro Coy, CMP. War Diary 50 Div Pro Coy, WO 169/8788, Sicily, 10/7/1943, Lt Rodwell and party landed at wrong beach by Royal Navy, 1 Sgt, 3 Cpl's, 6 L/Cpl's Wounded, 1 L/Cpl Died of Wounds (Saul). Casualty List 1197, Sicily, Wounded, 10/7/1943. 1/6/44 Transferred to the Royal Pioneer Corps. 24/10/48 9/12/49 he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- 30 Village Street, Old Normanton, Derbyshire. John George Whittamore. |