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Surname: WHITE
Forename(s): William
Place of Birth: Hanley, Staffordshire
Service No: 75757
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 7th (Reserve) Battalion. (Leeds Rifles). 27th Reserve Brigade
Division: ---
Age: 18
Date of Death: 1918-10-07
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 5. 181.
CWGC Cemetery: BREANDRUM CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CARLETON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William White was the son of William Edward and Margaret White, née Pugh. William, senior, was born at Carleton-in-Craven and Margaret at Lydbury North, Shropshire.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: Back Swadford Street - William White, aged 1 year, born Hanley, Staffordshire. [William and his mother, Margaret, were living with his grandmother, Elizabeth White.]
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 5, Swadford Street - William White, aged 11 years, born Hanley, Staffordshire, son of William Edward and Margret White.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte William White, 75757, 7th Res. Bn. W. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 7.10.18. Mil. Hos. Enniskillen. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - William E. £2 19s. 2d.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
WHITE, Rifleman Wm., aged 18, West Yorkshire Regiment, The Grange Farm, [Carleton], died at County Infirmary Enniskillen, Ireland, 1918.
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Private William WHITE

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
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