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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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St Mary's Churchyard, Carleton-in-Craven
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St Mary's Churchyard, Carleton-in-Craven
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11 October 1918
WHITE – On October 6th, at the County Infirmary, Enniskillen, Ireland, Rifleman Wm. White, aged 18 years, only son of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. White, of Carleton Grange, Skipton.
18 October 1918
CARLETON – SOLDIER’S SUDDEN DEATH
Mr. and Mrs. William White, The Grange Farm, Carleton, received the and news during last week that their only son, Rifleman William White, West Yorkshire Regiment, had died suddenly at the County Infirmary, Enniskillen, Ireland. Rifleman White was 19 years of age, and had recently been in training at Finner Camp, Ballyshannon. Arrangements were made at Carleton for the funeral, but the medical authorities would no allow the body to be removed, as he had died from infectious disease. His sergeant has sent a letter of sympathy, and he says Rifleman White was always a bright and cheerful soldier. We will give a photograph next week.
25 October 1918
CARLETON – RIFLEMAN WILLIAM WHITE
We reproduce a photograph of Rifleman William White, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, only son of Mr. and Mrs. William White, The Grange Farm, Carleton, who died at the County Infirmary, Enniskillen, Ireland, aged 18 years. He had been in training at Finner Camp, Ballyshannon. We extend our sincere sympathy to the parents.
10 October 1919
WHITE – In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Rifleman William White, who died in Ireland, October 6th, 1918.
“Gone, but not forgotten.”
From Father, Mother and Sisters, Carleton Grange.
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