BORN BINGLEY, YORKS 1877. SON OF WHEATER WHITE (1848-1907) & SARAH SOPHIA ANN NEWTON (1853-1938), HALIFAX, YORKSHIRE. A FORMER PAINT GRINDER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 09/12/1915, AGED 39 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. DESCRIBES AS 5 FOOT 7.5 INCHES TALL, 35 INCH CHEST, AND WORE SPECTACLES. EX 5357 1/4TH EYR. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 28/07/1916. TRANSFERRED AS 201941, 4TH BN, THE LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AGAIN AS 397151, 49TH LABOUR CORPS, ON 09/05/1918. DIED OF WOUNDS. HE WAS BURIED AT THE VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE, ON 25/05/1918, AGED 39. HE HAD SERVED FOR 2 YEARS AND 168 DAYS.
THIS ADDRESS IS FROM HIS ARMY RECORDS.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH. HE ALSO LEFT BROTHERS, CAPTAIN, GEORGE BERTRAM WHITE, BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT, WHO LOST A LEG IN THE WAR AND LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER UNTIL HER DEATH. HE NEVER MARRIED. ALSO BROTHER, GUARDSMAN, PHILIP ARNOLD WHITE, 25829, GRENADIER GUARDS, WHO SURVIVED THE WAR. HE ALSO LEFT FIVE MARRIED SISTERS, JESSIE, NORA, MARGARET, CLARA AND ANNA.
