The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private I E White

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Private Isaac Edward WHITE, G/805, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 31st July 1917, age 23.

Born Egerton, Ashford, Kent, son of John and Catherine Amelia White, of 23 High Street, Sevenoaks, Kent. / "Hazeldene," St. John's Road, Sevenoaks, Kent.

Enlisted Devonport, Hampshire, age 20 years & 8 months, height 5ft 8¼ inches, weight 135lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair. Formerly footman.

Home, 1st September 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF, 1st June 1915 to 6th October 1915; Home, 7th October 1915 to 8th February 1916; BEF, 9th February 1916 to 29th September 1916; Home, 30th September 1916 to 13th June 1917; BEF, 14th June 1917 to 31st July 1917.

1st September 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th September 1914, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1915, posted 15th September 1915 to 26th September 1915, VAD Hospital, Eden Hall, Edenbridge, convalescent from scarlet fever; BEF; 7th October 1915, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th December 1915, Fort Darland, absent from Parade at 8.30am until 8.30am 28th inst, deprived 8 days pay, forfeits 4 days pay; 8th February 1916, Fort Pitt, repair upper denture; 9th February 1916, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 9th February 1916, embarked; 12th March 1916, joined Battalion, In the Field; 28th September 1916, wounded In the Field, gun shot wound; 29th September 1916, gun shot wound, to England Hospital Ship, "St Denis",  ex General Hospital Boulogne,; 30th September 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment;  30th September 1916 to 10th March 1917, Southern Military Hospital, Military Hospital Trent Bridge, Nottingham, shrapnel wound right arm, wound healed but general health not satisfactory, defective metabolism;  23rd March 1917 to 31st May 1917, Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, gun shot wound right arm, has had a course of special drills and can march 4 to 6 miles a day; 11th April 1917, Shoreham by Sea, dirty on Parade, 2 days confined to Barracks; 30th April 1917, marked fit by Standing Medical Board; 14th June 1917, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th July 1917, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

8th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, not married; Children, none; Father, John White, deceased; Mother, Catherine Amelia White, 23 High Street, Sevenoaks; Brothers - John Usmar White, age 26, 23 High Street, Sevenoaks; Sisters - Mrs Chrissie Cook, age 31, 76 Mersham Road, Thornton Heath; Kitty White, age 29, 23 High Street, Sevenoaks; Amelia White, age 28, Lonsdale House, Clapham.

8th February 1921, Probate - Isaac Edward White of 23 High Street,  Sevenoaks, Kent died 31st July 1917, in France. Administration London 8th February to John Usmar White, butcher. Effects £113 6s 9d.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium / Sevenoaks War Memorial.