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.
 
|Age=24
 
|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 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.
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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 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
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|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Michael and Margaret Ann White, Husband of Lilian White, Leasingthorne.  Buried Grave 1.  Blonduos Cemetery.
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|Died/Killed in action=20-Oct-40.
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|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 - headstone in Blonduos Cemetery
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|Image Title=Pte Michael White's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
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Revision as of 13:00, 25 November 2016

Personnel Entry

Pte Michael White's CWGC headstone.
Pte Michael White's CWGC headstone.

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