Whiteley was commissioned into the Royal Artillery during the First World War, ending the war as a lieutenant. In 1926 he transferred to the Life Guards, retiring in 1928 and joining the 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) as a captain. He was promoted major in 1932.
^Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 80. ISBN0-900178-06-X.
john, whiteley, politician, other, people, named, john, whiteley, john, whiteley, disambiguation, brigadier, john, percival, whiteley, january, 1898, july, 1943, british, army, officer, conservative, party, politician, whiteley, commissioned, into, royal, arti. For other people named John Whiteley see John Whiteley disambiguation Brigadier John Percival Whiteley OBE 7 January 1898 4 July 1943 1 was a British Army officer and a Conservative Party politician Whiteley was commissioned into the Royal Artillery during the First World War ending the war as a lieutenant In 1926 he transferred to the Life Guards retiring in 1928 and joining the 99th Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry Field Brigade Royal Artillery Territorial Army as a captain He was promoted major in 1932 He stood unsuccessfully at the 1929 general election in Birmingham Aston 2 and entered the House of Commons 8 years later when he was elected as Member of Parliament MP for Buckingham at a by election in 1937 after the sitting MP George Bowyer was elevated to the peerage as Baron Denham 3 When World War II broke out Whiteley resumed military service 4 He was active at Dunkirk 4 and died in 1943 aged 45 when he was killed in a plane crash in Gibraltar along with the Conservative MP Victor Cazalet and General Wladyslaw Sikorski the leader of the Polish government in exile 4 References Edit Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with B part 6 Craig F W S 1983 1969 British parliamentary election results 1918 1949 3rd ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services p 80 ISBN 0 900178 06 X Craig page 296 a b c Obituaries Br J P Whiteley M P The Times 7 July 1943 p 7 External links EditHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by John Whiteley British Army Officers 1939 1945 Generals of World War IIDocumentation create purge Parliament of the United KingdomPreceded byGeorge Bowyer Member of Parliament for Buckingham1937 1943 Succeeded byLionel Berry This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency and born in the 1890s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Whiteley politician amp oldid 1105116126, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
