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Old 29-04-2022, 06:07 PM
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When I saw this post I wondered if anybody would pick up on Joseph Pringle Whittle. He was my greatgrandfather, James (Jim) my grandad. He had two brothers Will and Jack. Whittle and Sons did the monumental masonary on the Town Square memorial and the Bede Street amongst others.
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And.. there's WW1 Service papers for Jas. Whittle Jnr. - Joined aged 18 in Jan 1916. Went to France in the summer of the following year. Served in the 210th and 124th Siege Batteries Royal Garrison Artillery. Was gassed 21/3/1918 which hospitalised him for a few weeks. Demobbed to the Army reserve 23/2/1919

Gives his occupation on attestation as 'Sculptor (apprentice)', lived 22 Wellwood Street.
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