BORN DERBY, 30/04/1897. ONLY SON OF ROBERT WHITE & ANNIE HALL, AT 69 PROVIDENCE ROW, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. (ARMY ADDRESS) HIS FATHER DIED EARLY AND HIS MOTHER MARRIED GEORGE HALL, LIVING AT 10 ARTHUR TERRACE, ST PAULS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) JOHN WAS WORKED FOR IDEAL STANDARD RADIATOR WORKS. ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915, AGED 18 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE ON 10/05/1916. EX 23737 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 41ST MACHINE GUN CORPS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT ARRAS, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 20. UNMARRIED HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER ANNIE.
HE LEFT STEP BROTHER, GEORGE AND STEP SISTER FLORENCE AT 69 PROVIDENCE ROW.
First name:
JOHN ROBERT
Military Number:
44408
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
