History while in the forces
02 Jan 1916: joined 2/2nd Battalion West Riding Regiment Field Ambulance13 Jan 1917: sent over to France with his Division
25 May 1917: in hospital, suffering from shell shock
30 Dec 1917: discharged from hospital, now attached to 2/2 City of London Field Ambulance, British Expeditionary Force, France.
30 Sep 1918: admitted to No. 6 General Hospital suffering from Neurasthenia - given category B.2
3 Jan 1919: evacuated to England, sick, to Canadian General Hospital, Orpington Kent
28 Jan 1919: returned to Royal Army Medical Corps Depot, Blackpool.
Feb 1919: received discharge certificate
05 Mar 1919: resumed work at the Bank
- Surname
- Whitaker
- Forename
- William Snowden
- Service number
- 403627
- Rating or rank
- Private
- Regiment or Other Unit
- 2/2nd West Riding Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
- Branch
- 84 Kirkgate, Bradford
- Date of Birth
- 30 Oct 1889
- Date of birth
- 1889
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 10 Dec 1906
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 02 Jan 1916
