Canadian Virtual War Memorial
James Wallis White
In memory of:
Sapper James Wallis White
October 15, 1918
Military Service
2714579
26
Army
Canadian Engineers
3rd R.B.
Additional Information
March 4, 1892
Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland
August 18, 1918
Ottawa, Ontario
Son of William and Anna E. White, of "Rusheen," Downshire Rd., Holywood, Co. Down, Ireland.
Commemorated on Page 521 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
EXETER HIGHER CEMETERY
Devon, United Kingdom
112.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of James Wallis White – Portrait of James Wallis White while he was a sapper in the Canadian engineers. He came to the US in 1902 with his sister. Worked for Dupont in New Jersey. Attempted to enlist in the US Army in Ramsay, Montana. Twice turned down. Enlisted with the Canadian engineers. Contracted the flu on board ship on his way to the British Isles. Died in military hospital in England. -
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Family Photo – James Wallis White is the boy on the rocking horse. This portrait of his family was taken in Lurgan, Ireland in 1899. The man in the back row, center, is my grandfather, Samuel George White. -
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