No.48088, Gunner, Thomas WHITE
Aged 21
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Thomas Harper Alfred White was born on 10th October 1894 (Hackney Q4-1894 1B:439), baptised in St Faiths, Stoke Newington on 25th November 1894, son of Thomas Alfred and Alice Maud WHITE (née HARPER).
His only sibling was his sister Ethel Maud.
1901 census...Aged 6, he was at Londesborough Arms, 223 Grove Road, Bethnal Green, London with his father Thomas A WHITE [32] publican, born Stoke Newington; his mother Alice M [30] born Norwich; sister Ethel M [3] born Bethnal Green and his father's two cousins John A DICKENS [31] music hall singer born Stoke Newington and Ethel B DICKENS [22] born Stoke Newington. 1911 census...Aged 16, he was at Whitens Mere, Ashdon, Castle Camps with his uncle William TILBROOK [43] farmer born Ashdon; his aunt Ellen Maude [43] born Norwich; cousins William Frederick TILBROOK [8] and Irene Frances Matilda TILBROOK [5] both born in Castle Camps, and his sister Ethel Maude WHITE [13] born Victoria Park, London. He was learning farming. Whitens Mere is at sometimes recorded as in Ashdon, and at others in Castle Camps. His parents were at the Hatchet Arms, Little Trinity Lane, London, at the corner of Garlick Hill and Little Trinity Lane, now a totally re-developed part of the City of London, not far from St Paul's Cathedral His will gave his address as Hatchet Public House, Little Trinity Lane, London and his death in France in 20th September 1916 |
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He enlisted in Saffron Walden.
Being artillery it is almost impossible to pin down where they were on a given day. 6th Division Ammunition Column could have been anywhere on the Somme. He was initially buried elsewhere and re-interred in 1921. Unusually the concentration card does not indicate where his body was found or his original burial. The 6th Division were in the Flers-Courcelette battle at that time
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