WHEAT

		Source
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	Mr. and Mrs. John Wheat	Yes		2a	3
Where born	Broomshall [Bramshall?]		Yes
Where born	Kniveton, Derbyshire		Yes		1, 3
When born	About 1887				7
Address	Parents: 27, Heath Cross, Uttoxeter, Staffs.	Yes		2a	3
Address
Spouse
Children
Employment Before Joining up	Farm hand for Mr. Ginnis of Kniveton, near Ashbourne			2a	3
Where enlisted	Derby		Yes		3
Former service details	81964, Pte, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters)		Yes		3
Regiment	Royal West Kent Regiment (Queen's Own)	Yes	Yes	2a	3, 5
Unit	7^th Bn.	Yes	Yes
Unit	7^th (S) Bn.				3
Rank	Private	Yes	Yes	2a	3, 5
Service Number	G/19469	Yes	Yes		3, 5
Date of Death	12^th October 1917	Yes		2a	3
Age at time of death	30	Yes		2a
Where Killed or died	Ypres salient - 3rd Ypres (Passchendaele - Poelcappelle)
Where Killed or died	France/Flanders		Yes
How he died	Missing			2a
How he died	Killed in Action		Yes	2a	3
Location of Grave or Memorial	Tyne Cot Memorial for the Missing Panel 108	Yes			4
Location of Grave or Memorial	Uttoxeter Town War Memorial (Market Place)				3, 4
Awards	Victory Medal GSE/2/103B9 Page 674				5
Awards	British War Medal GSE/2/103B9 Page 674				5

Before the war David was a Farm Hand for Mr. Ginnis, of Kniveton, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire^{[2a, 3}].

David was posted as missing on 12^th October 1917, but it was not until August 1918 that his mother was given official confirmation of his death. The official date for his death was given as 12^th October 1917.

His brother-in-law was serving in France when news of David’s death was received^[3] but we have not identified him yet.

	David Wheat has no known grave and his name is recorded on a panel in the Tyne Cot Memorial. The Memorial Panels run along the walls that surround the back of Tyne Cot Cemetery.

The Tyne Cot Cemetery and the other cemeteries in the Ypres area contain many graves of unidentified soldiers. David may be one of them, or he may still lie where he fell, somewhere beneath the surrounding fields