White, Jack Clayton –

Son of Mrs. White, of 1a, Palatine Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, and stepson of the late Mr. J. Hartshorn White, of 21, Hilden Street, Haulgh, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly employed in the electrical department of the Bolton Gas Offices. Enlisted March 1915. Killed a piece of a shell which burst at the roadside.

Personal details

  • Surname: White
  • Forename: Jack Clayton
  • Date of birth: October 6th, 1896
  • Birth place: Heywood, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Blackpool, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 20
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: September 1st, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Private
  • Unit: 15th (Carmarthenshire) (Service) Battalion.
  • Service number: 20764
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Canada Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • CWGC reference: II. G. 18.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 19/03/1915
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7g
  • Bolton Chronicle: 12/10/1917

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