| Surname: | Whiting |
| Initials: | W T |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Army Number: | 5380418 |
| Notes: | CMP. Formerly 4 Ox & Bucks Light Infantry, 21/4/32 to Grenadier Guards, 22/1/40 transferred to CMP. 12/10/45 discharged. Extracts from Army Record:- He was born 15/4/11 at Oxford, Oxfordshire, He enlisted 21/4/32, He resided in Oxford, Oxfordshire, Occupation Cabinet Maker, He married 30/4/38 at Studley Parish Church. Served with 201 Pro Coy, 19/5/41, Traffic Control. Cairo 21/8/42, 801 IMPC 18/5/44, 203 Pro Coly 22/7/44, Depot UK 31/7/45, 159 HQ Pro Coy 5/9/45, 12/10/45 to W reserve. He served Home 21/4/32 to 21/1/45, Army Reserve 22/1/35 to 3/12/39, Mob Home 4/12/39 to 13/2/40, France 14/2/40 to 26/6/40, Home 27/6/40 to 18/3/41. Middle East 19/3/41 to 30/7/45. Home 31/7/45 to 12/10/45, W/T Reserve 12/10/45 to9/2/54, A G Reserve 10/5/45 to 15/4/56. 9/12/48 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- Police Station, Bloxham, Nr. Banbury, Oxon. William Thomas Whiting. |