Records/War Records
The information below is gathered from a number of websites relating to British military records. They are divided into two sections:
British servicemen who died in action
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) online Debt of Honour database lists British servicemen who have died in action. Details are also included where available from the British War Graves website, which is aiming to photograph each of the original memorials.
Frederick
Wholey Lance Corporal 1st/7th Bn., Middlesex Regiment. (CWGC)
Died Saturday 16th September 1916, aged 30. Son of George Wholey, of Pilsley,
Chesterfield. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
(Wholey Family Tree W3)
John
Wholey Able Seaman J/39253. H.M.S. 'Q36' Royal Navy. (CWGC)
Died Friday 30th March 1917, aged 19. Son of Margaret Dignum (formerly
Wholey), of 9, Kirk's Place, Rhodeswell Rd., Limehouse, London. Memorial:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire, UK.
A photograph
of this memorial is available from the British War Graves website.
Percy
Wholey, Staff Serjeant S/187404, Royal Army Service Corps. (CWGC)
Died Friday 29th October 1943. Son of Harry Crosby Wholey and Sarah Louisa
Wholey; husband of Edith Hetty Wholey. Memorial: NAPLES WAR CEMETRY, Italy.
(Wholey Family W2)
Daniel
Whooley Petty Officer Stoker D/KX 86147. H.M.S. Tynedale, Royal
Navy. (CWGC)
Died Sunday 12th December 1943, aged 27. Son of Francis and Nora Whooley.
Memorial: PLYMOUTH MEMORIAL, Devon, UK.
Michael
Christopher Whooley Petty Officer Stoker P/KX
91546. H.M.S. Penelope, Royal Navy. (CWGC)
Died on Friday 18th February 1944, aged 25. Son of Francis and Nora Whooley.
Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire, UK. A
photograph
of this memorial is available from the British War Graves website.
Francis
John Wholey, Flight Sergeant 1398452, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
(CWGC)
Died Tuesday 26th December 1944, aged 21. Son of Edward and Lilian Sarah
Wholey, of Bermondsey, London. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey, UK.
(Wholey Family W1)
First World War Medal Index Cards
The
National Archives online Medal Index Cards (MIC) database lists
those awarded medals during the First World War. The index below is available
through free access to the website, the actual medal cards cost £3.50
to purchase online and provide further details of the actual medals awarded
and the theatres of war.
| Record | Period | Medal card of | Corps: | Regiment No: | Rank: | Catalogue Ref | Wholey Family Tree |
| 101 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, John B | Royal Garrison Artillery | 117687 | Gunner | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 102 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, John | Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment | 3082 | Private | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 102 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, John | Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment | 240886 | Private | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 103 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, James | Royal Engineers | 5344 | Sapper | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 103 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, James | Royal Engineers | 385344 | Sapper | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 104 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, Horace H | Northumberland Fusilers | 79762 | Private | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 104 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, Horace H | Yorkshire Regiment | 37478 | Private | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 105 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, Henry | Royal Engineers | 486941 | Private | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 105 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, Henry | South Lancashire Regiment | 203566 | Private | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 106 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, G | Royal Field Artillery | 38690 | Gunner | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 107 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, Fred | Middlesex Regiment | 3264 | Private | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 108 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, Edward Timothy | Worcestershire Regiment | 38729 | Private | WO 372/21 | W1 |
| 109 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, Edward | Middlesex Regiment | G/57869 | Private | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 110 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, Arthur | Labour Corps | 227692 | Serjeant | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 110 | 1914-1920 | Wholey, Arthur | York and Lancaster Regiment | 4043 | Serjeant | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 111 | 1914-1920 | Shillito, Norman Wholey | Royal Engineers | 28260 | Corporal | WO 372/18 | W2 |
| 111 | 1914-1920 | Shillito, Norman Wholey | Royal Engineers | C405 | Serjeant | WO 372/18 | W2 |
| 112 | 1914-1920 | Whooley, Samuel J | Machine Gun Corps | 59531 | Private | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 113 | 1914-1920 | Whooley, J | Royal Engineers | 385344 | Sapper | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 114 | 1914-1920 | Wholley, John P | London Regiment | 881061 | Private | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 115 | 1914-1920 | Wholley, Joseph H | Machine Gun Corps | 57949 | Private | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 116 | 1914-1920 | Wholley, Joseph | Army Service Corps | T/32557 | Driver | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 116 | 1914-1920 | Wholley, Joseph | Cheshire Regiment | 64719 | Driver | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 116 | 1914-1920 | Wholley, Joseph | South Staffordshire Regiment | 47429 | Driver | WO 372/21 | --- |
| 117 | 1914-1920 | Wholley, Frederick | Royal Garrison Artillery | 45717 | Serjeant | WO 372/21 | --- |