Walter Whittaker

Walter John Whittaker
Surname	Christian Names		Service Number		Rank	Regiment
Whittaker	Walter John		PO/X367		Mne	HMS Royal Oak
Born	Age	Enlisted at		Address
	34
Date of Death	Where killed				Cause of Death
14/10/1939	Scapa Flow				Killed in action - Ship hit by torpedoes
Cemetery	Plot				Country
Portsmouth Naval Memorial	Panel 36, Column 2				England
Next of Kin	Next of kin address				Town
Frederick William and Florence Whittaker	3 Downing St				Chippenham
Notes
Brother - Fred also in the Royal Marines Son of Frederick William and Florence Whittaker, of Woodlands, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Whittaker had been in the RM for 12 years after working for AJ Burridge News agency (28 New Road, 5 Sheldon road and 100 Marshfield Road) Whittaker had been transferred to HMS Royal Oak on his birthday, the day war broke out. Another Chippenham man, Norman Mustoo, who was also killed later in the war, had served on the Royal Oak in 1937 when it was fired on during the Spanish Civil War. Another man with a link to Chippenham survived the sinking of the Royal Oak, Marine RS Miles whose parents lived at 3 The Bridge, but originally from Hastings.

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