BORN HULL 1893. SON OF CHARLES WILLIAM WHITE (1855-1941) & ADA BROWN (1859-1931). EX RULLEYMAN FOR MR LANGLEY FISH MERCHANTS, HESSLE ROAD. HE MARRIED IN 1914. HIS WIFE, LILY ROWAN (1893-1987) AND DAUGHTER, LILY (1915-2016), LIVED AT 2 PERSEVERANCE TERRACE, WEST DOCK AVENUE AND 1 THORNTON PLACE, GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL (HDM ADDRESS 11/10/1915).
A MEMBER OF THE HULL GARDENER’S SOCIETY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT YPRES, ON 26/09/1915, AGED 22. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 09/10/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HULL GARDENER SOCIETY MEMORIAL AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH. HULL.
HE IS BURIED AT WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY, ST. JEAN-LES-YPRES, WEST VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM
