Thomas Henry White
He was a Pit Pony Driver.
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Thomas Henry was born in 1896 at Hucknall and was the son of Thomas White, a Coal Miner / Hewer and his second Wife Harriett White née Hallam of : 28 Beech Ave, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire.
His Father Thomas White was born in 1865 in Kirkby In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, his Mother, (Thomas White's second Wife), Harriet Hallam was born in was born in 1864 at Pleasley which is in both Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, they were married in 1894 at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, they had two Children, Thomas Henry White : Born : 1896 : Leslie White : Born : 1901, both were born in Hucknall Torkard, nottinghamshire.
His Father, Thomas White had been married previously to Martha Kirkby : Born : 1862 : Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, their marriage was recorded in the Basford registration District in 1884, they had two children, John White : Born : 1887 : Eliza Ann White : Born : 1890 both were born at Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire.
According to the 1911 census the family are living at : 28 Beech Avenue, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire and are shown as Thomas White, aged 46 yrs, a Coal Miner / Hewer, he is living with his wife Harriett White, aged 47 yrs and their children, John White, aged 24 yrs, a Coal Mine Loader, Thomas Henry White, aged 15 yrs, a Pit Pony Driver and Leslie White, aged 10 yrs, a scholar.
Enlisted : Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, he initially served as Driver, Thomas Henry White with the Service Number, 42764 in the 152nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, he was transfered to : Western Command Labour Centre, Labour Corps with a new Service Number, 516953 and the rank of Private.
He died of Pneumonia on the 21st September 1918.
Buried : Hucknall Cemetery, Broomhill Road, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Grave Reference : Plot : Class A. : Row : South : Grave : 412 : Stone : 8.
The Inscription on the Private headstone, which has fallen from it's base reads : "In loving Memory of Driver, Thomas Henry, the beloved Son of Thomas & Harriett White who died Sep. 21st 1918,aged 22 years.
At Rest.
Also Donald White, died Nov, 24th 1955 aged 24 years".
Commemorated : Titchfield Park War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire as : Thomas H. White.
St. Mary Magdalene Church Roll of Honour, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire as : Thomas H White.
Thomas Henry White
The family grave of White family commemorating Thomas henry White at Hucknall Cemetery, Nottingham.
Courtesy peter Gillings (August 2015)
Thomas Henry White
Photograph of Thomas Henry White is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
Photo of Thomas Henry White
Photograph of the base of the fallen headstone of Private, Thomas Henry White in Hucknall Cemetery, Nottinghamshire by Gary Crosby on the 20th April 2025.