WHITBY, CHARLES ARTHUR
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22/09/1944
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Welch Regiment 1/6th Bn.
I. F. 1.
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Son of Thomas John and Florence Whitby; husband of Evelyn Myfanwy Whithy, of Caerau, Glamorgan.
Initially buried at cemetery ´T´Hof´, Bergeijk.
From the service records of Charles Arthur Whitby, the following account can be reconstructed.
Charles Arthur Whitby was born on 28 October 1918 in Southwark, London. In civilian life he worked as a bricklayer. He married Evelyn Mayfowy Davies on 17 October 1939 in London, and together they had two children. His physical description records him as 5 feet 7⅛ inches tall, with blue eyes and fair hair.
He enlisted in the Welch Regiment on 20 October 1939, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War. Charles was deployed to North-West Europe on 25 June 1944, taking part in the Allied advance following the Normandy landings.
Charles Arthur Whitby was killed in action on 22 September 1944, during the fierce fighting of the autumn campaign in North-West Europe.
Charles on his last leave with his wife and oldest daughter. His wife is pregnant with his second daughter in this picture.
Charles his original grave.
The Whitby family with the adoptee at the gravesite, in 2019.
Charles his medals.
Charles his oldest daughter on her honeymoon in 1956.