This name is on the St Mark's War Memorial, Kennington Oval, London SE11
(William Thomas Whatrup)
Service no 5960
Lance Corporal, East Surrey Regiment, 7th Battalion
Died age 52 on 13 November 1915
Husband of Elizabeth Emily Whatrup, of 55 Upper Kennington Lane, Kennington, London.
Remembered at Loos Memorial, France and at St Mark's Church, London
Information from the 1911 census
William Whatrup, among the oldest on this memorial, was an engineer - a "fitter" working in shipbuilding - in civilian life. When he died he left at least 10 children. He was born in Westminster, London. His wife, Eliza, was born in Lambeth. The family lived at 53 Henry Street (off Upper Kennington Lane). The 9 children on the 1911 census were:
Emily Whatrup, 23, a sewing machinist
Alice Whatrup, 19, a sewing machinist
Robert Whatrup, 18, a porter
John Whatrup, 16, a porter
Maud Whatrup, 13
Nellie Whatrup, 10
Amy Whatrup, 7
Nellie Whatrup, 5
Harold Whatrup, 3
Albert Whatrup, 8 months
Thomas Carter, 49, a single walking stick maker from Lambeth, boarded with the family.