White, Robert Edward | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia -Northumberland Fusiliers. Image kindly provided by Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

White, R. E.

Forename(s):

Robert Edward

Surname:

White

Date of Death:

Wednesday, May 26, 1915

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Service Number:

9440

Rank:

Private

Service:

Army

Unit:

Northumberland Fusiliers , 2nd Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Robert was born in Addstocks, Burkshire. He was the son of William Henry and Lucy White. Robert later became a student of the Art School at Armstrong College, Newcastle.

Robert was in Canada when war broke out. He was twice rejected when he offered to enlist, but, returning home, was accepted by the Queen’s Westminsters, and saw fighting on the Somme before gaining his commission to the Northumberland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion. He also served in the South African Campaign.

Robert died of his wounds on 26th May 1915 aged 39.

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Robert is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars, The Northerner Student Magazine)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton, Rosie Setford.