Name
Lionel John White
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/07/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
CH/16412
Royal Marine Light Infantry
1st R.M. Bn. Royal Naval Division.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY, AIX-NOULETTE
H. 8.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial, All Saints Church Memorial, Hertford, Hitchin Town Memorial
Pre War
An address was “Bushey” 50 Ickleford Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Wartime Service
His Service Number was CH 16412, he embarked Royal Marine Brigade 25 Sep 1915 (joined Battalion at Cape Helles 22 Oct 1915). He was later in the 1st Royal Marine Light Infantry Battalion in the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division being part of the 188th Brigade in France.
Lionel was killed in action in France. He is buried in Row H, Grave 8 in Tranchee de Mecknes Cemetery, Aix-Noulette in France about five miles west of Arras and three miles south west of Lens.
Additional Information
No connection with Hertford has yet been found.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
