Patient Soldier Hero.
memoir, biographical, memoir
Accession Number
NAM.2001-11-63-1
Description
Patient Soldier Hero. Typed record relating to Pte William ‘Chalky’ White with reference to the way he lived and died without complaint, his career, his death on 9 Jul 1916, aged 23 and his funeral. One of four items relating to Pte William ‘Chalky’ White, 2nd Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), France, World War One. Pte White was wounded at the 2nd Battle of Ypres and died 9 Jul 1916. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.
Events
Ypres, 2nd Battle of, 1915 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)
People
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