Service Details
Name:
 WHITE
Given Name:
 WILLIAM RUSSELL
Initials:
 W R
Rank:
 Acting Sub Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Naval Reserve
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Matabele
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Date of Death:
 1942-01-17
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Date of Birth:
 1921-11-11
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, ship loss
Additional
Information:
Son of Percy and Elizabeth Constance White. Born Cape Town, 11th November 1921. Ed, Wynberg Boys' High School. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha. Cadet Draft 1938-9. On leaving General Botha, was posted as Midshipman, RNR, and on attaining the rank of Sub-Lieutenant in 1941, posted to the destroyer HMS Matabele, which escorted Winston Churchill to the USA. He lost his life on convoy duty to Russia on 17th January 1942.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 75, Column 1.

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