White Michael Pte 4455597
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