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76. Samuel Charles WHITEFOORD
of Whitton Paddocks, Ludlow, Salop. was born on 20 Apr 1845 in Tenbury,
Worcester, England. He appeared on the census in 1881 in Whitton, Shropshire,
England.(11) Described as a Gentleman,
Head of Household, aged 35, married and born in Tenbury, Worcester, England.
Living at Whitton Farm where he employed four domestic staff, these were:
Charlotte Partridge, unmarried aged 45 an Nurse born in Darlaston, Stafford,
England
Helen Fortey, unmarried aged 40, a Servant born in Darlaston, Stafford, England
Matilda Didleck, unmarried, aged 28, a Housemaid born in Knowbury, Shropshire,
England
Charlotte Passey, unmarried aged 29, a Cook, born in Ludlow, Shropshire, England
He died on 14 Dec 1917.
He was married to Mary MILLS on 21 May 1874 in Whitton
By Tenbury, Shropshire, England.(12)
Mary MILLS was born in 1842 in Westbury, Stafford, England. She
appeared on the census in 1881 in Whitton, Shropshire, England.
(13) Described as wife of the Head of Household, aged 39, married
and born in Westbury, Stafford, England. Samuel Charles WHITEFOORD of Whitton
Paddocks, Ludlow, Salop. and Mary MILLS had the following children:
+93 i.
Lucy WHITEFOORD.
94 ii.
Mary WHITEFOORD was born in 1877 in Whitton, Shropshire, England. She appeared
on the census in 1881 in Whitton, Shropshire, England.
(14) Described as daughter of the Head of Household, a scholar, aged
4 and born in Whitton, Shropshire, England She died on 19 May 1960. unmarried.
+95 iii.
Alice Vernon WHITEFOORD.
+96 iv.
Helen Georgina WHITEFOORD.
+97 v.
Caleb Alan Bryce WHITEFOORD.
98 vi.
Rev. Charles Blairquahan WHITEFOORD C.F. was born on 5 Jan 1885. He died
in 1918 in France. Killed in Action He was buried in 1918 in Bagneux British
Cemetry, Gezaincourt, Somme, France. Citation reads:
In Memory of
THE REV. C B. WHITEFOORD
Chaplain 4th Class
Army Chaplains' Dept.
attd 6th Bn., London Regt (City of London Rifles)
who died on
Thursday, 30th May 1918.
Additional Information:
Brother of Mr. C. A. B. Whitefoord, of 36, Broad St.,
Ludlow, Salop.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery:
BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT, Somme, France
Grave Reference/
Panel Number:
II. E. 23.
Location:
Gezaincourt is a village in the Department of the
Somme, situated 2 kilometres to the south-west of the
town of Doullens, and Bagneux British Cemetery lies
to the south of the village. There is a
Commonwealth War Graves Commission signpost in Gezaincourt
village opposite the "Chateau"
entrance.
Historical Information:
The Cemetery was begun in April, 1918 after the close
of the German offensive in Picardy. At the end of
March, the 3rd, 29th and 56th Casualty Clearing Stations
had come to Gezaincourt; they were joined for
a short time in April by the 45th, and they remained
until September. The 3rd Canadian Stationary
Hospital, in the Citadel at Doullens, also buried
in this Cemetery in May and June, 1918, and the 2nd
Canadian Division in April and May. There are now
just under 1,400, 1914-18 war casualties
commemorated in this site. The bombing raid over Doullens
on the 30th May, 1918 is recalled by the
graves in Plot III, Row A, as well as by the memorials
erected to two officers whose graves in the
Cemetery cannot now be found. The cemetery covers
an area of 3,514 square metres.
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