Rushden Soldier in Fatality

Mrs. M. Whiteman, of “Homelea,” Shirley-road, Rushden, was informed by telegram from the War Office on Thursday morning that her husband, Pte. Samuel William Whiteman, Pioneer Corps, had died from an accident at Langstone, nr. Newport, Mon., on September 15th. Pte. and Mrs. Whiteman have a baby daughter one month old.

Pte. Whiteman was 30 years old, and an old “regular,” serving for a number of years with the Northants Regt., including 5 and a half years in India. He took up boxing as a hobby and did a good deal of it. At the outbreak of the present war, having just left the Service, he was called up again to serve with the Pioneer Corps in this country.

Further details have been promised to his wife, and the body will be brought home for burial. Messrs. T. Swindall and Sons have the arrangements in hand.

Whiteman was riding pillion on a motor cycle when the fatality occurred.

Victim of Motor Accident - Local Soldier Killed in Wales

A Rushden soldier, Pte. Samuel William Whiteman, Pioneer Corps, of “Homelea,” Shirley-road, lost his life as the result of an accident on Wednesday evening, September 15th, at Lanstone, near Newport, Mon. He was riding pillion on a motor cycle driven by Pte. Douglas Chivers, of Horsham, Sussex, who received a fracture of the leg.

A War Office telegram conveying the news reached Pte. Whiteman’s wife the following day.

Pte. Whiteman was 30 years old, and an old “regular,” serving for a number of years with the Northamptonshire Regiment, including 5½ years in India. He took up boxing as a hobby and did a good deal of it. At the outbreak of the present war, having just left the Service, he was called up again to serve with the Pioneer Corps in this country. He had been living with an aunt, Mrs. P. Jones, at 31, Hayway, Irthlingborough, and working for Messrs. C. and W. Featherstonhaugh, Ltd.

There is one child, a baby daughter aged one month.

The funeral took place at Irthlingborough on Monday, and Pte. Whiteman’s regiment was represented by an officer and seven other ranks. The Vicar (the Rev. R. S. Sleight) conducted the service at the Parish Church, and the coffin was draped with the Union Jack.

The family mourners were: Mrs. L. Whiteman, Mr. J. Jones (widow and uncle), Mrs. C. Watkins, Mr. R. Wilmott (sister-in-law and brother-in-law), Mrs. P. Jones, Miss P. Bonner (aunt and half-sister), Mrs. M. L. Wilmott, Mrs. K. Ireson (mother-in-law and sister-in-law), Mrs. K. Roberts, Mrs. A. Foster (aunts), Mrs. E. Bailey and Miss Whiteman (aunt and cousin).

Messrs. T. Swindall and Sons, of Rushden, had the funeral arrangements in hand.