BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WILLIAM AND EMILY WHITE, – 56 PLOWMAN STREET, COLERIDGE ROAD, ATTERCLIFFE, SHEFFIELD. A LABOURER. ENLISTED IN SHEFFIELD, ON 11/08/1914, AGED 19. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 3.5 INCHES TALL, 112 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, DARK BROWN EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR. LARGE SCAR. AND HIS NAME 2FRANK WHITE” AND A PIERCED HEART TATTOO ON HIS LEFT FOREARM. TRAINED AT ALDERSHOT. SERVED WITH THE 11TH AND 8TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 23/09/1915. KILLED IN ACTION ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. AGED 21. HE IS BURIED AT OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EMILY ANN WHITE. HE LEFTAN OLDER BROTHER, FRED AND ELDER SISTER, ALICE.
HIS NAME WAS LISTED ON THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY WW1 MEMORIAL, AT HULL MINSTER..
White, Frank
First name:
FRANK
Military Number:
12458
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Ovillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
21
56 PLOWMAN STREET, ATTERCLIFFE, SHEFFIELD, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, UK
