William Howard White

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772261

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Wounded:

Yes

Date of death:

January 2nd, 1919

Cemetery:

Toronto Necropolis - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - X.1320

Commemorated at:

St. Jude's Anglican Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Sussex

Birth city:

Hastings

Address at enlistment:

53 Charlotte Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

53 Charlotte Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Cause of Death: Hydrocephalus
Location: Toronto, Ontario

BX February 8, 1919

The death occurred on January 2 of Private William Howard White, No. 772261, first Canadians. Private White left Brantford in 1916 with the 125th Battalion, and went to France in October of the same year. The following May he was wounded in the neck and arm at Vimy Ridge, but was soon back in the trenches again. In November 1917 he was seriously wounded in the spine at Passchendaele. He was instantly paralyzed and was soon taken to England, where he began to slowly recover. He was brought back to Canada in May 1918, still paralyzed, but on the way to recovery in August he took seriously ill with kidney trouble and in October had the “flu,” with a relapse. He was lying on his back a year, then in November he sat up with the help of a back rest and by Christmas could walk with assistance. He was home for Christmas, but was taken ill the day after with kidney trouble, and died on Jan. 2, soon after an operation at the Toronto General Hospital. Private White had 14 months of intense but patiently borne suffering. He died a week before his 24th birthday, leaving a widow and one child.

BX November 20, 1917

Several Brantford men are reported wounded in a late casualty list today. Private Reginald Grant Raynor, 28 Mount Pleasant Street, who was a toolmaker, went overseas with the First Brant County Battalion. He was single. Private William Howard White was a married man and lived at 53 Charlotte Street and also went overseas with the first Brant County Battalion. Private William Henry Spain was also reported wounded. Private David Charles Dougherty, formerly of 145 Nelson Street, is single and went overseas in September 1915.