William Frank White

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William Frank White was born in 1888 in Cann, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He was the son of George White and Sarah White (née Lush). At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a bricklayer and living in Higher Blandford Road, Cann, Shaftesbury. His mother died in 1912 and his father in 1917. He enlisted in Shaftesbury as a Private in the 10th Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (Service No. 24763). He served in France & Flanders and was awarded the Victory and British War medals. He was killed in action on 25th March 1918 and his name appears on the Arras Memorial (Bay 6), Arras, France. He is also remembered on the Cann War Memorial, Shaftesbury. His brother, James Albert White, had been nominated as next of kin and was in receipt of his final army dues.