Name
Cyril White
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/04/1915
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
9687
London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
5th (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star (with Clasp & Roses), British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY
I. F. 17.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Of Potters Bar, Middlesex And Underneath Are The Everlasting Arms
UK & Other Memorials
Christchurch Memorial, Little Heath, Potters Bar, Little Heath & Bentley Heath Memorial, Potters Bar, All Souls Chapel Book of Remembrance, Potters Bar
Pre War
Born in Ealing in 1895. Eldest son of Frederic Charles and Mildred Sarah White of "Hillcrest," Potters Bar, Middx. In 1911 he was an accountant’s articled clerk.
Enlisted at London while resident in Potters Bar. Service number 9687 suggests he enlisted about December 1913.
Wartime Service
Landed at Le Havre, France, 4 November 1914. Died of wounds. Probably wounded during the Battle of St Julien (part of the Second Battle of Ypres) and died in No3 Canadian Field Ambulance.
Additional Information
War Gratuity of £5-7s-6d left to his father Frederic White (Solicitor). Probate figure of £542 also left to his father. Dependants Pension was paid to his mother following the death of his father.
Acknowledgments
Martin Cope, Paul Johnson
