No. 16048, Private, Ernest WHYBROW
Aged 25
|
Ernest Albert WHYBROW was born at 52 Burton End, Haverhill on 16th August 1890 (Risbridge Q3-1890 4A:649), baptised in St Mary's Haverhill
on 12th October 1890, the son of Henry and Jane WHYBROW (née KIDDY). There is no trace of a marriage registration between Henry WHYBROW and Jane,
BUT it looks as if his father was actually named Harry WHITING (son of Ellen WHITING who later married George WHYBROW) and under that name
married Jane KIDDY in 1884. All which in point of fact makes Ernest not WHYBROW but WHITING, although regstered as WHYBROW. Thus we have the siblings all officially having 3 different surnames.It looks as if the WHYBROW version was adopted by the fmily (and the ARMY)
1891 census...Aged 6 months, he was at Burton End, Haverhill with his father Harry WHYBROW [30] silk weaver; his mother Jane [29] factory hand; brother William (KIDDY=half-brother) [8] and sister Emma (Emma Jane WHITING) [3]. All were born in Haverhill. Brother William was born before the marriage of Jane and Harry, thus making him actually William KIDDY 1901 census...Aged 10, he was at 61 Burton End, Haverhill with his parents (father now horse keeper on farm, mother now recorded as born in Helions Bumpstead); brothers William (labourer) and Philip [2] (regstered as WHYBROW); sister Emma (Army bag maker). 1911 census...Aged 20, a billiard marker, he was at The Rose and Crown, Haverhill, licensee William ELLES, and his family, including their son Octavius, who was killed in France in the Royal Irish Regiment in 1916. see here "Boots" at the time at the Rose and Crown was Albert JENNINGS who died in Belgium in 1916 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. see here His widower father (farm labourer), sister Emma and brother Philip were still at 61 Burton End,CWGC later have father's address as 6 Vine Cottages. His mother had died in 1906. His brother Philip was called up into the Training Reserve No.RT/5/35884 on 21st October 1916 and discharged as not physically fit for war service on 28th August 1917, his address being 61 Burton End, Haverhill. |
The South West Suffolk Echo of 22nd April 1916 reported that:- "Official information has been received notifying that Pte. E. Whybrow, of the 2nd. Batt. Suffolk Regt., second son of Mr. Harry Whybrow, of Haverhill was killed in Action on 29th. March 1916." He enlisted in Haverhill. His legatee was his sister Mrs Emma BETTS The 2nd Suffolks were near St Eloi, where we had recently exploded some mines. Some of the craters had not been occupied by our troops and on 29th it transpired that part of the trench on the right edge of the battalion was still held by the Germans. Despite this, and shelling, there were just two fatalities on the 29th, Ernest and Pte. C.W.Elmer. |
photo: Rodney Gibson
click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details