Biography
Ernest was born in Long Whatton on 7th of November 1895, birth registered Loughborough December quarter 1895
Attended Long Whatton School, Admission number 365, residence The Green
Siblings:
Gertrude Hall, born Long Whatton 1886/87, birth registered Loughborough March quarter 1887.
Baptised 03 April 1887 All Saints (illegitimate).
Ada Whiting, born Long Whatton 1890/91, birth registered Loughborough March quarter 1891.
Baptised 19 June 1892 All Saints.
Nellie Whiting, born Long Whatton 1892, birth registered Loughborough December quarter 1892.
Baptised 23 May 1893 All Saints.
Lottie Whiting, born Long Whatton 1894, birth registered Loughborough June quarter 1894.
Baptised 20 May 1894 All Saints.
Military Record
Name: Ernest Whiting
Death Date: 24 Mar 1918
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Loughborough, Leics
Rank: Private
Regiment: Leicestershire Regiment, Battalion: 2/4th Battalion
Number: 240531
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War Western European Theatre
Ernest Whiting
Remembered with Honour
Arras Memorial
In Memory of
Private 240531, 2nd/4th Bn., Leicestershire Regiment
who died on 24 March 1918
St Arras Memorial
Commemorated in Perpetuity
by
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
