BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF MICHAEL & SARAH ANN WHITE, HULL. IN 1911 HE WAS AN INMATE OF THE WELBURN REFORMATORY. HE ENLISTED IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, IN HULL. TRANSFERRED TO THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN BELGIUM, ON 19/12/1917, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS ELDER SISTER, MRS EDITH LEE. HE LEFT OTHER YOUNGER SISTERS, AMELIA, LILIAN AND MARTHA. HE IS BURIED AT POTIJZE CHATEAU GROUNDS CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE, INSCRIPTION, READS, “AT REST”
First name:
MICHAEL
Military Number:
35757
Rank:
Private
Date Died
19/12/1917
Place died:
Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen,Belgium
Age:
22
