Kilbride Parish Church War Memorial
Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Annex, Belgium
Robert White
Date of Birth – 5th May 1893 (GRONI reference U/1893/5/1001/13/276)
Place of Birth – Coggery
Date of enlistment – Unknown
Address at time of enlistment – Coggery
Next of Kin – Jane White (mother)
Address of next of kin – 25 Cogry Square, Doagh
Trade or Calling – Hackling machine boy (1911)
Service No. 19320
Unit – 12th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles
Rank – Rifleman
Died – 25th August 1916
Place of Death – Unknown
Age at Death – 23
Buried – Grave III. C. 3, Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Annex, Belgium
Commemorations – Ballyclare War Memorial and Kilbride Parish Church
Marital status – Single
Parents – Alexander White and Jane White (née Millen)
Parents married – 10th March 1891 (GRONI reference M/1891/P1/2060/2/9)
Siblings - Thomas, (Robert) and Hannah (from 1901 and 1911 censuses)
Records Available
National Archives of Ireland
Census Records
Co. Antrim
Co. Antrim
Notes
- Robert’s brother Thomas was also killed in the war
- Their sister Hannah died in 1897 aged 1 year