BORN HULL 1895. YOUNGEST CHILD OF THE LATE WILLIAM WHITE AND ADA CHERRY. HIS ELDER BROTHER JAMES WHITE LIVED AT150 , MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HULL & 229 BOULEVARD. EMPLOYED AS A CORN MERCHANT’S CLERK.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH (ALEXANDRA, PRINCE OF WALES OWN) YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT GALLIPOLI ON 22/08/1915, AGED 19. UNMARRIED HE LEFT OLDER SIBLINGS, JAMES, CHARLOTTE, KENNETH AND WILLIAM WHITE.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WITHERNSEA WW1 MEMORIAL.
First name:
ERIC
Military Number:
11439
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
19
150 , MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
