Sapper Walter George White
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1889
Date of Death
6 Aug 1918
War time / or Pre War occupation
Hat factory warehouseman
Employer
Mr E. G. Bryant, Cheapside
Regiment
Service Number
60334
Place of Birth
Luton
World War I Address
86 Cromwell Road
Luton
Place of Death
France
Grave Location
Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
Beds & Herts Saturday Telegraph , 24th August 1918
Sapper Walter George White, 60334, 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, was killed in action in France on August 6th, 1918. He was married, had resided at 86 Cromwell Road, Luton, and had been wounded twice previously on the battlefield.
Born in 1889, he was at the time of the 1911 Census one of ten surviving children of George and Betsy White, of 83 Cromwell Road. Walter was then a straw hat warehouseman. He was employed by hat manufacturer Mr E. G. Bryant, of 39 Cheapside, until joining the Colours.
He had married widow Janet Maud Parrott at St Matthew's Church, Luton, on March 8th, 1913.
Walter is commemorated on the Luton Roll of Honour/War Memorial and in the Book of Life compiled at Luton Parish Church.
Individual Location
Author: Deejaya
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