Warren Webster Whitside was a career US Army colonel who served as a Cavalry and Quartermaster officer.
11 Facts About Warren Whitside
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Warren Whitside was posthumously inducted into the Quartermaster Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Colonel Whitside was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 2,1875, the son of a career cavalry officer, Brig.
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Warren Whitside spent the first fifteen years of his life among soldiers and Indians on the Western plains.
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Warren Whitside was educated at Kemper Military School, Boonville, Missouri, and the Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.
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Warren Whitside was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Cavalry in 1899, and served for the next seven years as a lieutenant in the 10th Cavalry and 15th Cavalry Regiments.
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Colonel Warren Whitside retired from the military and started an apple cider business that ultimately failed.
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Warren Whitside was married for over 63 years to the former Miss Lillian Rigney of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
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Warren Whitside died in 1964 and was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Warren Whitside was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia.
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Colonel Warren Whitside was posthumously inducted into the Quartermaster Hall of Fame on June 18,2010, at a ceremony at Fort Lee, Virginia.