Kilbride Parish Church War Memorial
Thomas White
Date of Birth – 27th June 1891 (GRONI reference U/1891/5/1001/12/409)
Place of Birth – Coggery
Date of enlistment – unknown
Address at time of enlistment – Coggery
Next of Kin – Agnes White (wife)
Address of next of kin – 47 Coggery Square, Doagh
Trade or Calling – Labourer in spinning mill
Service No. 19318
Unit – 12th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles
Rank – Rifleman
Died – 7th June 1917
Place of Death – Unknown
Age at Death – 20
Buried – Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Grave reference III.C.278.
Commemorations – Ballyclare War Memorial and Kilbride Parish Church
Marital status – Married
Wife – Agnes White (née Fleming)
Date of marriage – 8th November 1914
Children – Jane White, born 8th June 1915
Parents – Alexander White and Jane White (née Millen)
Parents married – 10th March 1891 (GRONI reference M/1891/P1/2060/2/9)
Siblings –
(Thomas), Robert and Hannah (from 1901 and 1911 censuses)
Records Available
National Archives of Ireland
Census Records
Notes
Thomas’ brother Robert was also killed in the war
Their sister Hannah died in 1897 aged 1 year
Lance Corporal Samuel Robinson, 12th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, died of wounds on the same day as Thomas is also buried in this cemetery. He is also commemorated on the war memorial in St Bride's.
Private John Taylor, 7th Battalion - Canadian Infantry, is also buried in this cemetery. He is also commemorated on the war memorial in St Bride's.