Also Served: Albert Horsfall Whitaker - Albert Horsfall WHITAKER
Woodbine Cottage, Knowsley Private 1625, 5th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment Later renumbered to 240140 
Albert Whitaker, picture courtesy of his grand-daughter, Barbara McDonald
Albert Whitaker was born on 19th March 1893 in Prescot, the son of James and Annie Whitaker.
Albert enlisted in the Territorial Force on 19th March 1912 at Prescot. He was 18 years and 9 months old and lived at Woodbine Cottage, Park Lane in Knowsley. He was 5 foot 6 inches tall with Good vision and physical development.
He was the brother of James Whitaker, Owen Stanley Whitaker and George Vince WHITAKER
He lived with his parents and brother James, and he also had a married sister, Jennie Davies, who lived in Warrington Road, Prescot.
He attended the annual Territorial's training camp in 1912 and 1913 and was then called up at the outbreak of war in August 1014. He remained in the UK with the Territorial Battalion, based at St Helens until 13th August, then Edinburgh until 19th October, Tunbridge Wells until 29th December and then to Blackpool, where he remained until 9th November 1915 when his service was 'disembodied' and he transferred into the civil employment of a company in Hull, remaining with them until 20th February 1917. It is assumed that this was essential war work.
After the war, Albert married Minnie Hornby in 1925 and they lived at 29, Albany Road, Prescot, which was their recorded address at the time of the 1939 National Registration (below)
Albert died in Prescot in 1962, aged 69
Albert Whitaker's entry in the National Probate Register
Ref. No.: A0093
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