William M. Whittle papersMS.0098Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-09 17:50:46 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives William M. Whittle papers Whittle, William M. (William Murray), 1895-? MS.0098 /repositories/3/resources/698 21 items 1916-1919 Manuscripts stacks English . Biographical / Historical

William Murray Whittle was born in 1895 in Martinsville, Virginia, and graduated VMI in 1917. He commissioned into the United States Army in August 1917, and served in World War I in France from May 1918 to end of the War. Whittle was living in Roanoke in 1942. No further information is known at this time.

 Scope and Contents

The William M. Whittle papers consist of the military papers of Whittle, VMI Class of 1917. Whittle served in World War I with the United States Army, 314th Machine Gun Battalion and was sent to France in May 1918. The papers include:

  • A notebook containing war service chronology, notes concerning machine gun procedures, and names of officers in his unit
  • Military orders
  • Other documents and printed material
  • One photo of Whittle in his Army uniform, circa 1918

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 United States. Army—American Expeditionary Forces Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1917 Virginia Military Institute—Alumni—Biography World War, 1914-1918—Personal narratives, American United States. Army—Machine Gun Battalion, 314th (1917-1919) World War, 1914-1918 Military records Orders (military records) Notebooks Correspondence Photographs Photograph, William M. Whittle in Army uniform during World War I/repositories/3/archival_objects/3045circa 1918English.PhotographsMilitary orders, memoranda, and documents/repositories/3/archival_objects/30461916-1919English.Notebook/repositories/3/archival_objects/30471918-1919English.Scope and Contents

One notebook containing war service chronology, notes concerning machine gun procedures, and names of officers in the United States Army, 314th Machine Gun Battalion.

United States. Army—Machine Gun Battalion, 314th (1917-1919)