| From military sources |
| Name: | John William WHINCUP (link to CWGC) |
| Rank: | Private |
| Birth place: | Seething (or Brooke), Norfolk |
| Residence: | Long Stratton, Norfolk |
| Service number: | 132941 |
| Enlistment location: | Norwich, Norfolk |
| Regiment: | Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) |
| Battalion: | 4th Battalion |
| Action: | 22 Apr 1918 - fighting within a wood close to Robecq  |
| Date of death: | 22 Apr 1918 |
| Death location: | France & Flanders |
| Type of casualty: | Killed in action |
| Grave reference: | III. C. 17. |
| Memorial: | St. Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery, Robecq (link to CWGC) |
| Supplementary Notes: | “WHINCUP, Pte. John William, 132941. 4th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf.). Killed in action 22nd April 1918. Age 19. Son of John Whincup and Susan Whincup, of Red House, Forncett St. Mary, Norwich, Norfolk. III. C. 17.” from CWGC Grave Registration |
| Memorial inscription: “IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR ONLY SON FROM HIS HEARTBROKEN FATHER & MOTHER” from CWGC Headstone List |
| Other personal details |
| Birth: | Civil Registration 1899 Q2 Loddon Norfolk Vol 4b Page 233   |
| Census and Civil Registration returns gives birth approximately 1899 in Brooke, Norfolk |
| Baptism: | 25 Aug 1901 in Brooke, Norfolk |
| Census returns: | 1901 Brooke, Norfolk age 2 (RG13 1858 111 7) |
| 1911 Wood Farm, Hedenham, Bungay, Norfolk, scholar, age 12 (RG14PN11422 RG78PN622 RD229 SD2 ED15 SN37) |
| Family |
| Father: | John Whincup (1868 - ?) |
| Mother: | Susan Whincup (1867 - ?) |
| Known siblings: | Alice (1894 - ?), Daisy (1896 - ?) |
| Documents (source and description) |
| CWGC: | Grave Registration Reports ( 1 : 2 ) |
| CWGC: | Headstone Documents ( 1 : 2 ) |
| FindMyPast: | Father was on 1915 Electoral Roll for Tharston as an occupation voter with a property in Hedenham |
| Ancestry: | Medal Rolls Index Card |
| Miscellaneous |
| CWGC: | Death Certificate CWGC |
| Photos |
Machine Gun Corps, Insignia
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St. Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery, Robecq
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St. Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery, plaque (JB)
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St. Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery, memorial (JB)
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John William Whincup, headstone (JB)
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