Difference between revisions of "White Michael Pte 4455597"
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|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1915/16. | |Date of birth=Born County Durham 1915/16. | ||
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| − | |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably early May 1939. Posted ? 6th Bn DLI. Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably September 1939. Served Iceland. DIED in a road accident in Iceland, involving a Bren Carrier which he was driving, near Blonduos, 20/10/1940, while serving with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry. | + | |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably early May 1939. Posted ? 6th Bn DLI. Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably 1st September 1939. Served Iceland. DIED in a road accident in Iceland, involving a Bren Carrier which he was driving, near Blonduos, 20/10/1940, while serving with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry. |
| − | |Died/Killed in action=20-Oct-40 | + | |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939. |
| − | |Home address=Resident of County Durham. Son of Michael and Margaret Ann White, | + | |Died/Killed in action=20-Oct-40. |
| + | |Home address=Resident of County Durham. Son of Michael and Margaret Ann White, husband of Lilian White, Leasingthorne. Buried Grave 1. Blonduos Cemetery. | ||
|Image Name=JLD_Second_face-on_view.JPG | |Image Name=JLD_Second_face-on_view.JPG | ||
| − | |Image Title=Pte Michael White | + | |Image Title=Pte Michael White's CWGC headstone. |
|Source table=10DLI | |Source table=10DLI | ||
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Revision as of 14:00, 25 November 2016
Personnel Entry
Name White Michael
Army number 4455597
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born County Durham 1915/16.
Age 24
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably early May 1939. Posted ? 6th Bn DLI. Posted 10th Bn DLI - probably 1st September 1939. Served Iceland. DIED in a road accident in Iceland, involving a Bren Carrier which he was driving, near Blonduos, 20/10/1940, while serving with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-Oct-40.
Home address Resident of County Durham. Son of Michael and Margaret Ann White, husband of Lilian White, Leasingthorne. Buried Grave 1. Blonduos Cemetery.
Source table 10DLI
