White, Samuel Walton | Universities at War

Personal details

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

Name on Memorial:

White, S. W.

Forename(s):

Samuel Walton

Surname:

White

Date of Birth:

Wednesday, June 16, 1897

Date of Death:

Saturday, June 16, 1917

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:

37609

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Northumberland Fusiliers, 13th Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Military Training:

Officers’ Training Corps, Armstrong College

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Samuel was born on 16th June 1897 to Samuel and Annie White. He had three siblings, Frederick, Elizabeth Turnball and William Gladstone.

Samuel died on his 20th Birthday on 16th June 1917 on the last day of the Battle of Arras.

Addresses before and during the war

43 Croydon Road, Newcastle on Tyne (place of residence as entered in the 1911 Census)

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Samuel is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

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