BORN BARNARD CASTLE, STAINTON, DURHAM 1872. AN ORPHAN. HE HAD NO KNOWN PARENTS OR SIBLINGS. SERVED FOR THE EAST KENT YEOMANRY AND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY FOR 12 YEARS . IN CIVILIAN LIVE HE WORKED AS A FISH SALESMAN AND STEWARD. MARRIED ELIZABETH ANN WILBERN, ON 29/12/1900, AT HEBBARN-ON-TYNE. THEY LIVED AT 78 LONDESBOROUGH STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND IVY COTTAGE, WEST CARR LANE, STONEFERRY, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 7.5 INCHES TALL, 157 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH CHEST, AND ‘GOOD’ PHYSIQUE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/12/1914, AGED 42 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. JOINED AS 245, 1ST HULL HEAVY BATTERY. TRANSFERRED AS CORPORAL, 290235, ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED OF ENTERIC FEVER, ON 06/01/1918, AGED 46, AT THE 3RD GENERAL HOSPITAL, ENTERE, DURBAN. BURIED IN TANZANIA. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ELIZABETH ANN WHITE, AND SON KENNETH HUMPHREY WHITE.
White, Alfred
First name:
ALFRED
Military Number:
290235
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
06/01/1918
Place died:
Dar Es Salaam British And Indian Memorial, Tanzania, East Africa
Age:
46
IVY COTTAGE, WEST CARR LANE, STONEFERRY, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
