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CORNELIUS  c1868 - Dec 1933
                            MARRIED Sep 1891 AT St Silas,                 Byker, Newcastle on Tyne ref . 10b 25
Mary Watson SCOTT                                                             c1868

c1893                  Arthur Scott born 1Q Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, Engl IGI 457387

                                London Gazette – The Times – 7 Dec 1921
                                Official Appointments & notices
                                temp Sec. Lieu granted rank of Captain Whillance, A S
 

c1894                  John C  born Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, Engl IGI 457387

c1897                  Cornelius born Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, Engl IGI 457387

                            Cornelius Whillance was born in Newcastle on Tyne in 1897. He and his brothers
                            John Coatsworth  and Albert Signey are the only British soldiers with the surname
                            Whillance shown on the National Archives, who served in the Great War.
                            His brothers were both 2nd Lieutenants, one in the RE and one in the DLI. 

                            The Medal - (on sale on e-bay in 2007  - bought by a direct descendant.)
                            This is an original full size British WW1 Silver War Medal, correctly named
                            on the edge to:
                            1608 SPR . C . WHILLANCE . R.E.
 

c1899                  Albert Signey  born 3Q Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, Engl IGI 457387

                            1901 census shows

2 Heaton Grove, Heaton, Northumberland
Cornelius, head, mar 33 clerk
Mary A, wife, 33
Arthur S, son, 8 Newcastle on Tyne
John C, son, 7 b same
Cornelius, son, 3 b same
Albert S, son, 2 born same