Private 7959 John Henry WHITE

Private John Henry White{gallery}Pte J H White{/gallery}1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died of wounds in France and Flanders, 23rd September 1915, aged 30.

• Buried: Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Grave ref: I.D.4.
• Awarded: 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• NNWFHS memorial: Glascote
  

Links to relevant information

• CWGC Page for Pte White
• NNWFHS Glascote War Memorial Page
• North Staffordshire Regiment
• Poperinghe Cemetery

1911 Census and family history Information

• Employed at Gibbs and Canning Terracotta Works
• Born 1885 [1911]
• He had been in the Reserves for nine months prior to the war, having previously served in India. He was involved in the Great Retreat (Retreat from Mons). He was a machine-gunner. [Sources – Tamworth Herald & 1911 Census]