warproject Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 Hi I wondered if anyone could help with identifying the regiment and possible soldier. Whitehouse 1915 He was in a box of Northants Soldiers but nothing else known. T.I.A. Sandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 Can you get a close up of the cap badge ?. Looks like a horse. Looks like he's wearing spurs. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 Added a bit colour. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 Northamptonshire Yeomanry ?. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 King's Liverpool Regiment.? Northants Yeomanry was (IIRC) a horse running, whereas the King's was on its hind legs and it looks more like it to me. he's equipped for mounted work, but could be in the Transport. Mind you, looking again I'm not so sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 I agree with Northamptonshire Yeomanry, because there is no scroll visible to indicate that it is the king's Liverpool Regiment. Also on the latter's cap badge the tail is attached to the scroll and not free flowing as in the Northampton's badge. Sepoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 Yay - I may finally have got one right Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 6 January , 2015 Share Posted 6 January , 2015 A medal index card exists for Arthur George J. [Joseph] Whitehouse, Pte. 1784 Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 78563 R.F.C., 145871 Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 401090 R.A.F. The only M.I.C. found to Whitehouse, Northamptonshire Yeomanry. Birth registration, 1896 quarter 1 in the Northampton District. His R.A.F. service record also exists and includes the following information:- Engagement commenced 12.4.1915, age 19, civilian occupation - clerk. Next of kin - father, George Joseph Whitehouse, Rhimingstone?, New Jersey, U.S.A. Transferred to R.F.C. as 2AM 23.4.1917 Appointed 1AM 1.7.1917 Promoted Cpl. 1.11.1917 Transferred to R.A.F. 1.4.1918 Qualified as aerial gunner 26.8.1917, and graduated "B" Flight Cadet 20.9.1918. Served in France from 23.4.1917 to 20.1.1918 Awarded the Military Medal 26.8.1917 The record did not specify when his service ended. Edit:- After a struggle with the London Gazette so-called search engine this is the notification for the M.M. Edit 8.1.2015:- By googling Arthur George Joseph Whitehouse - using the name Arch Whitehouse he was a prolific author with titles including "The Fledgling" an autobiography, an aerial gunner in WW1; and "Hell in the Heavens", the adventures of an aerial gunner in the Royal Flying Corps. He was born 11.12.1895 in Northampton and died 15.11.1979, place not found. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30431/supplement/13196 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warproject Posted 9 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Thank you all for your valuable information. I have managed to find some other photo's of him and a family tree. So a soldier from Northampton in 1915 goes to Newark N.J. and later joins the RFC. As the Arthur G J Whitehouse I found went to New York in 1905 I am not sure how he would be enlisting in England though. He is in Newark on the 1910 and 1920 census. Sandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 As the Arthur G J Whitehouse I found went to New York in 1905 I am not sure how he would be enlisting in England though. He is in Newark on the 1910 and 1920 census. It's possible - many men made their way back home to enlist. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warproject Posted 9 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Thanks Craig. I have now found some info saying he worked his way back to England and joined the machine gun school hence photo. Not liking it he got transferred to the RFC in 1916. So thanks again. Sandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Here's a photo of Arch Whitehouse. Is it the same man...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warproject Posted 9 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 January , 2015 That is supposedly the same man. Thanks for posting. Sandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 I can't make it out (my eyesight rather than the picture, I think); is that a machine gunner's (Lewis Gunner's?) skill at arms badge - the upper one on the left sleeve in the picture? R. Edit: Post #11 arrived which probably answers my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Arch Whitehouse has been mentioned before: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=112688 Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warproject Posted 9 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Thanks Steve. Without the forum and users I would not be able to help others who ask me for help. Much appreciated. Sandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Wills Posted 9 January , 2015 Share Posted 9 January , 2015 Sandy, It is indeed Arch Whitehouse, who went on to become a noted author, mostly on aviation. He was in the USA when the war broke out and returned home to Northampton to enlist. His WW1 experiences are covered in his autobiography The Fedgling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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