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Pte. Thomas White
British Army 12th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Hebburn
(d.13th July 1916)
Thomas White served in the 12th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers and died on the 13th July 1916. He is remembered at St Paul's Church and Thiepval Memorial. His medal card records the award of the War and Victory Medals.
Thomas was born in Wallsend 1891, son of James and Margaret White of 5 Tweed Street, Hebburn. In the 1911 census the family is living at 8 Bladen Street, Jarrow with James(56) a stationary engineer in iron works, his wife of 32 years Margaret(51) has had 9 children of whom 5 survive and 2 are living at home. Robert(30) is a labourer and Thomas(20) is a boiler fireman in the iron works.