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Drivers Sydney Hodkinson & Arthur Whittle 1917
Drivers Sydney Hodkinson & Arthur Whittle 1917
Photo: Stephen Oakes
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Item #: 25634
This photo was taken in 1917. My granddad Sydney Hodkinson is seated, and Arthur Whittle in army uniform is standing. I found out that my granddad joined the army in April 1915, but he was discharged after 4 months when it was found out he was just short of his 15th birthday. During those 4 months, he was a truck driver, so perhaps that's when he met Arthur. My granddad later lived at 9 Longfield Street, New Springs. He lived in Scholes when this was taken.
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Comment by: Marie Garner on 24th February 2018 at 14:51

Arthur Whittle was my Grandfather.

Comment by: lyndsey whittle on 4th October 2022 at 23:32

Hi I am wondering if he's related to me. Do you know if Arthur Whittle was married to a Kathleen McCormick and he was born around 1897 by any chance?

Comment by: winnie on 5th October 2022 at 21:50

this is the only marriage i can find Marriage: 3 Aug 1914 St James, Poolstock, Wigan, Lancashire, England
Arthur Whittle - 27, Joiner, Bachelor, 48 Mitchell St. Newtown
Elizabeth Bentham - 29, Spinster, 35 Melville St.
Groom's Father: James Whittle, Butcher
Bride's Father: William Bentham, Blacksmith
Witness: William Maloney; Jane Ellen Bentham

Comment by: winnie on 5th October 2022 at 22:06

Lyndsey this is Arthur married to Kathleen i have found a tree on Ancestry using the picture above

Comment by: winnie on 5th October 2022 at 22:10

Name Arthur P Whittle
Registration Date Jul 1920
Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district Wigan
Inferred County Lancashire
Spouse Kathleen Mccormick

Comment by: Lyndsey Whittle on 1st October 2023 at 20:33

Thanks Winnie it would be nice to find more pictures of ancestors. I wonder if I can find anything out from Wigan Library?

Comment by: Marie Garner on 5th October 2023 at 21:19

Lyndsey Arthur Whittle was my Grandfather. I have quite a bit on info if you want to get in touch

Comment by: Rev David Long on 7th October 2023 at 19:18

There's an article about Arthur Percival Whittle - driver in the Royal Artillery in Wigan Archives:
https://archives.wigan.gov.uk/archive/world-war-records/wigan-newspaper-extracts-1914-1918/187581-w1917f12p151jpg?
The white lanyard seen in the image signifies he was in the Artillery.

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