William Whittaker Author

William Whittaker volunteered for the Royal Army Medical Corps and served at the front in France from 1915 - 1919, being present at the Somme and other major battles. His letters, written from Flanders and north-east France, survived. Geoffrey Whittaker was born in Yorkshire and educated at Oxford University. He was a radar mechanic in the Royal Air Force and saw active service in the Middle East during the Suez Canal crisis.