Completed Samuel Roland Whitehouse
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 6:48 pm
2nd Corporal 102953 Samuel Roland Whitehouse 1893 29/4/1916 (32)
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Dob abt1883 West Bromwich
Samuel Roland Whitehouse
Registration Date 1883
[1883]
Quarter of the Year Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Place West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
Volume 6b
Page 775
Baptism
Staffordshire Place West Bromwich
Church name St Peter
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 508
Baptism date 14 Jul 1883
Person forename Samuel Roland
Person sex?
Father forename Samuel Thomas
Mother forename Mary
Father surname WHITEHOUSE
Person abode Fisher St
Father occupation Engine driver
Notes Private baptism
Parents
Samuel Thomas Whitehouse
Mary Wilson
Parents Marriage
Staffordshire Place West Bromwich
Church name St Peter
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 450
Marriage date 18 Aug 1880
Groom forename Samuel Thomas
Groom surname WHITEHOUSE
Groom age full age
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Engineer
Groom abode Toll End
Bride forename Mary
Bride surname WILSON
Bride age full age
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Fisher St.
Groom father forename William
Groom father surname WHITEHOUSE
Groom father occupation Engineer
Bride father forename John
Bride father surname WILSON
Bride father occupation Labourer
Witness 1William WILSON
Witness 2 Mary WILSON
NotesWitness 2 signs X.
1901 52 Gospel Oak Road, Tipton, Staffs.
George Willis (56, Furncaeman, born Worcester), his wife Emma C. (54, born London), and Samuel R. Whitehouse (17, Boarder, Miner, born Tipton).
Marriage 7/4/1907 Dudley St Johns Princes ed Tipton
Samuel Roland Whitehouse and Julia Alice Eades
Freereg
Staffordshire Princes End
Church name St John the Evangelist
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 317
Marriage date 07 Apr 1907
Groom forename Samuel Roland
Groom surname WHITEHOUSE
Groom age 23
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Miner
Groom abode 52 Gospel Oak Rd
Bride forename Julia Alice
Bride surname EADES
Bride age 20
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 49 Gospel Oak Rd
Groom father forename Samuel Thomas
Groom father surname WHITEHOUSE
Groom father occupation Engineer (deceased)
Bride father forename Enoch
Bride father surname EADES
Bride father occupation Ironworker
Witness 1 Samuel Thomas WHITEHOUSE
Witness 2 Agnes HARMAN
Notes Bride & both Witnesses sign X
1911 72 Gospel Oak Road, Tipton, Staffs.
Samuel Whitehouse (28, Miner, born West Bromwich), his wife Alice (23, born Tipton), and their 4 children: Samuel Wilson (4, born Tipton), Matilda (3, born Tipton), Alice May (1 year 11 months, born Tipton), and Stanley (6 months, born Tipton).
Three further children were born: Roland in 1913, Reginald in 1914 and Joseph Arthur in 1916.
WW1 Records
Samuel Whitehouse 7th May 1902 he enlisted as Private 6438, a Regular in the South Staffs. 18yrs of age.
Discharged to the Reserves on 6th May 1905. His time as a Reservist finished on 6th May 1914, otherwise he would have been immediately recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of war.
Samuel enlisted as Sapper 102953 in the Royal Engineers on 23rd July 1915 in London.
Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers.
Address 12 Brown Lion Street, Tipton. Surprisingly as he had been a miner for many years, he enlisted as a Tunneller's mate at 2/2d per day, rather than a Tunneller at 6 shillings per day.
Died Home on Saturday, 29th April 1916, age 32.
Buried in Grave In North-East part. at Ocker Hill (St. Mark) Churchyard, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Royal Engineers, 177th Tunnelling Company.
Husband of Mrs Julia Alice Whitehouse of 12 Brown Lion Street, Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Great Bridge, Enlisted: London, Resident: Tipton.
Soldier’s papers at National Archives survived and transcribd
Dod 29/4/1916 (32)
WHITEHOUSE Samuel 1916 Dudley (DUD) Dudley Register Office DUD/156/114
Burial
Buried in Grave In North-East part at Ocker Hill (St. Mark) Churchyard, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
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Commemorated
Commemorated on the Tipton Library, and St. Mark's memorials.
Any other info
9th April 1916, his youngest son Joseph Arthur died.
Samuel was granted leave which may have been in recognition of this loss. Samuel had been home just a few days when he died from Influenza and Pneumonia, 29/4/1926. In all probablility contracted before arrival in Tipton according to Dr Brown's report.
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... uel-roland
Dob abt1883 West Bromwich
Samuel Roland Whitehouse
Registration Date 1883
[1883]
Quarter of the Year Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration Place West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
Volume 6b
Page 775
Baptism
Staffordshire Place West Bromwich
Church name St Peter
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 508
Baptism date 14 Jul 1883
Person forename Samuel Roland
Person sex?
Father forename Samuel Thomas
Mother forename Mary
Father surname WHITEHOUSE
Person abode Fisher St
Father occupation Engine driver
Notes Private baptism
Parents
Samuel Thomas Whitehouse
Mary Wilson
Parents Marriage
Staffordshire Place West Bromwich
Church name St Peter
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 450
Marriage date 18 Aug 1880
Groom forename Samuel Thomas
Groom surname WHITEHOUSE
Groom age full age
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Engineer
Groom abode Toll End
Bride forename Mary
Bride surname WILSON
Bride age full age
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Fisher St.
Groom father forename William
Groom father surname WHITEHOUSE
Groom father occupation Engineer
Bride father forename John
Bride father surname WILSON
Bride father occupation Labourer
Witness 1William WILSON
Witness 2 Mary WILSON
NotesWitness 2 signs X.
1901 52 Gospel Oak Road, Tipton, Staffs.
George Willis (56, Furncaeman, born Worcester), his wife Emma C. (54, born London), and Samuel R. Whitehouse (17, Boarder, Miner, born Tipton).
Marriage 7/4/1907 Dudley St Johns Princes ed Tipton
Samuel Roland Whitehouse and Julia Alice Eades
Freereg
Staffordshire Princes End
Church name St John the Evangelist
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 317
Marriage date 07 Apr 1907
Groom forename Samuel Roland
Groom surname WHITEHOUSE
Groom age 23
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Miner
Groom abode 52 Gospel Oak Rd
Bride forename Julia Alice
Bride surname EADES
Bride age 20
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 49 Gospel Oak Rd
Groom father forename Samuel Thomas
Groom father surname WHITEHOUSE
Groom father occupation Engineer (deceased)
Bride father forename Enoch
Bride father surname EADES
Bride father occupation Ironworker
Witness 1 Samuel Thomas WHITEHOUSE
Witness 2 Agnes HARMAN
Notes Bride & both Witnesses sign X
1911 72 Gospel Oak Road, Tipton, Staffs.
Samuel Whitehouse (28, Miner, born West Bromwich), his wife Alice (23, born Tipton), and their 4 children: Samuel Wilson (4, born Tipton), Matilda (3, born Tipton), Alice May (1 year 11 months, born Tipton), and Stanley (6 months, born Tipton).
Three further children were born: Roland in 1913, Reginald in 1914 and Joseph Arthur in 1916.
WW1 Records
Samuel Whitehouse 7th May 1902 he enlisted as Private 6438, a Regular in the South Staffs. 18yrs of age.
Discharged to the Reserves on 6th May 1905. His time as a Reservist finished on 6th May 1914, otherwise he would have been immediately recalled to the Colours on the outbreak of war.
Samuel enlisted as Sapper 102953 in the Royal Engineers on 23rd July 1915 in London.
Tunnelling Companies of the Royal Engineers.
Address 12 Brown Lion Street, Tipton. Surprisingly as he had been a miner for many years, he enlisted as a Tunneller's mate at 2/2d per day, rather than a Tunneller at 6 shillings per day.
Died Home on Saturday, 29th April 1916, age 32.
Buried in Grave In North-East part. at Ocker Hill (St. Mark) Churchyard, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Royal Engineers, 177th Tunnelling Company.
Husband of Mrs Julia Alice Whitehouse of 12 Brown Lion Street, Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Great Bridge, Enlisted: London, Resident: Tipton.
Soldier’s papers at National Archives survived and transcribd
Dod 29/4/1916 (32)
WHITEHOUSE Samuel 1916 Dudley (DUD) Dudley Register Office DUD/156/114
Burial
Buried in Grave In North-East part at Ocker Hill (St. Mark) Churchyard, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/395330/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177 ... whitehouse
Commemorated
Commemorated on the Tipton Library, and St. Mark's memorials.
Any other info
9th April 1916, his youngest son Joseph Arthur died.
Samuel was granted leave which may have been in recognition of this loss. Samuel had been home just a few days when he died from Influenza and Pneumonia, 29/4/1926. In all probablility contracted before arrival in Tipton according to Dr Brown's report.
