Lieutenant, John WHITE
Aged 24
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Ha was born at Chevington on 4th July 1891 (3rd qtr 1891 Thingoe 4a:728), son of John and Alice Fanny Maritz WHITE (née HANCOCKS)
1901 census...Aged 9, he was at Battlies House, Rougham with his father John WHITE [43] estate agent/farmer born Chevington; his mother Alice F [40] born South Africa, sister Mabel G [11] born Chevington; brother Alexander [2] born Rougham. He was educated at Haileybury College (Colvin House 1905) 1911 census...Aged 19, he was a 2nd lieutenant in the Army Service Corps at Barossa Barracks, Stanhope Lines, Aldershot. His father was at Welnetham Hall, mother at Bow Hill House, W Maidstone, Yalding visiting her sister, widow Edith PIERSON [51] |
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From the Special Reserves, Army Service Corps, he was commissioned in the Hampshire Regiment in 1913, served in Mauritius and India.
He was in Gallipoli in March 1915. The battalion war diary for June 1915 seems to start at the 9th, and hence no idea how or where
exactly he died. There was certainly some action on the 4th as the Battalion had 47 killed.
and at Chevington, where he has a plaque to his memory in the church click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details |
