Harold Sydney White

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

542251

Unit at enlistment:

198th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

June 21st, 1918

Cemetery:

Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France

Commemorated at:

Grace Anglican Church, B.C.I. High School Memorial Plaque

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Hampshire

Birth city:

Portsmouth

Address at enlistment:

102 Waterloo Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

102 Waterloo Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Assistant Surveyor

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause and Place of Death: Previously reported Missing now for Official purposes presumed to have died on or since

BX July 6, 1918

Harold Sydney White Reported Missing in Action

Mrs. Mary L. White, 102 ½ Waterloo Street, has received an official telegram telling her of the fact that her son, Pte. Harold Sydney White, infantry, was officially reported missing on June 21. Private White enlisted with the cyclist corps, but transferred. He was formerly an apprentice in the drafting room of Jackson and Lee, civil engineers, and previous to that had been a carrier boy for The Expositor. He was but 18 when he enlisted. He is the only child.

BX July 8, 1918

Honor Roll

In the official casualty list issued from Ottawa on Sunday, Harold Sydney White, 19 Chatham Street, is posted as missing.

BX February 28, 1919

Private Harold Sydney White Presumed Dead

Mr. and Mrs. F.A. White, 102 ½ Waterloo Street, has received official word that further searching has failed to reveal any trace of their son, Private Harold Sydney White, their only child who was reported missing on June 21, 1918 and that for official purposes he is presumed dead. He left with the Cyclists’ Corps from Toronto in 1917, and was transferred to the 19th Battalion. At the time of his departure, he was an apprentice in the office of Jackson and Lee, architects, and previously had been one of The Expositors most reliable carriers.