Commander Walter Edward Whitehead

1908 - 1978  (69 years)

• Name	Walter Edward Whitehead
  Title	Commander
  Born	20 May 1908	Aldershot, Hampshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Teddy
  Occupation	Commander in the British Navy during WW2
  Occupation	President of Schweppes USA, and figured prominantly in their advertising.
  Died	16 April 1978	Petersfield, Hampshire, England   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I1286	Family
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Walter Whitehead
  Mother	Amy,   b. 1876
  Married	1898
  	Marriage date comes from number of years married in 1911 census
  Family ID	F411	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adinah Thomas,   b. 1911, Cilfynydd, Pontypridd, Wales
  Married	14 Sep 1940	Registry Office, Westminster, London, England   [4]
  Notes	Tommy wrote a book called 'The Beard and I' about her life with Teddy.
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 May 1908 - Aldershot, Hampshire, England Married - 14 Sep 1940 - Registry Office, Westminster, London, England Died - 16 April 1978 - Petersfield, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] Death & Funeral Notices , http://www.msu.edu/~daggy/cop/bkofdead/obits-we.htm. A website about famous people [S19] BMD - ancestry websites, Farnham, 2a/133 Sep Qtr 1908. [S19] BMD - ancestry websites, Petersfield, 20/0501 June Qtr 1978. [S1] Certificate, Marriage. He was 32, she 28. She was a divorcee (Tate formerly Thomas). He was a Lieutenant R.N.V.R. His father Walter (deceased) of independent means, hers William Charles (deceased) a mining engineer. One of the witnesses was G.C. Thomas - almost certainly Glynn, her brother.

  
  

• Censuses

  [215]   British Census - 1911, 52 Victoria Road, Aldershot, England - Walter Edward Whitehead, aged 2