In Memory Of

WHITE, WILLIAM RUSSELL

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1921-11-11
Rank:
 Acting Sub Lieutenant
Unit:
 H.M.S. Matabele
Regiment:
 Royal Naval Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-01-17
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, ship loss
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 75, Column 1.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
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.