Major Beverley White

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

453793

Unit at enlistment:

58th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

September 18th, 1916

Cemetery:

Courcelette British Cemetery - Somme, France - IV.E.7.

Commemorated at:

St. Andrew's United Church, Wesley United Church, Ancient Order of Foresters

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Oxford

Birth city:

Innerkip, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

42 Eagle Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

42 Eagle Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Employer:

Massey-Harris Co.

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause and Place of Death: Previously reported Missing; Now reported Killed in Action

BX October 10, 1916

Reported Missing

In this morning’s casualty list Private Major Beverley White of 42 Eagle Avenue is reported missing.

BX June 2, 1917

Presumed Dead

Harvey White, 191 ½ King Street west Hamilton, has received word that his brother, Private Major Beverley White, who was reported missing on Sept. 18, was now, for official purposes, presumed to have died and the name of the young soldier has been struck off the list. Private White was lost in the Courcelette fighting and since then many enquiries have been made, but no trace has been found of him. He enlisted with the 58th Battalion, and went overseas on November 22 1915, being sent to the front a few months later. He was 31 years of age and prior to his joining the colours he was employed in Brantford by the Cockshutt Plow Company. He was a nephew of George Adams of Hamilton, the well-known runner, who for some time held the Canadian 10 mile record. The parents reside in Brantford.