Frederick George Whiteman was born during 1910 in Farnborough, Kent and was the youngest of seven children born to Arthur Henry Wenham, a bricklayer’s labour,  and Sarah Jane Low. In 1935 Frederick married Marie Yvonne Pulham in Bromley and the couple had three children – two in 1939 (twins) and 1940. In October 1940 the Whiteman family were living at 1 Ford Bungalows, Ford Place Farm in Wrotham Heath when Frederick paid a visit to the Royal Oak Inn and was killed during the air raid that occurred on the 15th.  In the attack Frederick had been in the bar and died whilst trapped under rubble.