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Private Alfred William WHITE, S/509, 7th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd May 1917.

Born Orpington, Kent, son of James & Phoebe White.

25th December 1902, Christ Church with Paul, Forest Hill, Lewisham, Kent, Alfred William White, age 23 bachelor, gardener, 58 Simpson Road, Bromley, Kent, father, James White, gardener, married Annie Louisa Green, age 22., spinster, 40 Stampstead, Road, Forest Hill, father George Green, brewer.

Children - Evelyn Grace White, born 16th January 1903, Bromley; Rose Anne White, born 15th September 1904, Bexley Heath; Alfred George White, born 25th December 1906, Shortlands; Minnie Daisy White, born 26th April 1908, Beckenham; Anne Susan White, born 15th September 1910, Beckenham;

1911 Census - 13 Yewtree Road, Beckenham, Kent - Alfred William White, head, age 31, married, OmniBus Conductor, worker, born St Mary Cray, Kent; Annie Louisa White, wife, age 31, married 8 years, 5 children, all still alive, born Lewisham, Kent; Evelyn Grace White, daughter, age 8, born Bromley, Kent; Rose Annie White, daughter, age 6, born Bexley Heath, Kent; Alfred George James White, son, age 5, born Beckenham, Kent; Minnie Daisy White, daughter, age 2, born Beckenham, Kent; Annie Susan White, daughter, age 6 months, born Beckenham, Kent.

Previously served in Militia, 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, bought out.

Children - Alice Ada White, born 12th March 1913, Bromley.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent, age 35, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 138lbs, eyes blueish grey, hair black, wart abdomen, mole right arm.  Resided 70 Kimberley Road, Beckenham, Kent. Formerly gardener.

Children -  John Thomas White, born 20th December 1914, Bromley.

Home, 6th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF, 26th July 1915 to 3rd May 1917.

6th September 1914, enlisted & posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th July 1915, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, Pas de Calais, France.