John Whittaker was the first of ten children born to Herbert and Fanny Whittaker. They were a farming family, renting from Trinity College Cambridge one of three cottages grouped together and now know as ‘Cottage Farm’ on Main Street. John was working as a labourer for his father when the war broke out. He died in action in France on 22 July 1916.
Two younger brothers followed him to war: Thorpe Whittaker returned after serving as a Royal Field Artillery driver; Charles Whittaker was killed in action in 1918.
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