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Private Ernest Edward WHITE, 203214, (1809), 2nd / 4th  Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Egypt, 19th April 1917, age 21.

Born Swanley, Kent, son of Henry Lewis and Barbara Ellen White, of 3, Jesemine Terrace, Birchwood, Swanley Junction, Kent.

1911 Census - 3 Jessamine Terrace, Birchwood Street, St Mary Cray, Kent - Henry Lewis White, head, age 41, married, general labourer, farm, farmer, worker, born Kilndown, Goudhurst, Kent; Barbara White, wife, age 44, married 25 years, 11 children, 9 still alive, born Swanley, Kent; Henry Lewis White, son, age 23, single, general labourer, farm, farmer, worker, born Dartford, Kent; Daisy White, daughter, age 19, single, laundry maid, Laundry Co, worker, born Darenth, Kent; Ernest Edward White, son, age 15, single, general labourer, farm, farmer, worker, born St Mary Cray, Kent; Horace White, son, age 14, nursery man, greenhouse, fruit grower, worker, born North Cray, Kent; Amelia Jane White, daughter, age 14, school, born St Mary Cray, Kent; Rose Emily White, daughter, age 9, school, born St Mary Cray, Kent; Agnes White, daughter, age 9, school, born St Mary Cray, Kent.

Enlisted Swanley, Kent.  Resided Birchwood, Kent.

Buried  Gaza War Cemetery, XXX. C. 2., Israel.

Emily Hodgson-Lawson, Guardian of Illegitimate Child