Military Provost Staff Corps

Soldier Details:

Surname: White

Initials: H.S.

Rank: Lance Corporal

Army No.: P/1432

Notes: MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 28/6/1915 to 6/3/1917. Discharged Medically Unfit 6/4/1917. Formerly a Police Constable. Served Home 1/6/1915 to 27/6/1915, BEF 28/6/1915 to 6/3/17, Home 7/3/1917 to 6/4/17. 3/7/15 joined 2 Army attached to 50 Division, 14/10/17 Town Major Hazebruck, 26/5/15 admitted to 60 Field Ambulance enteritis, 11/2/17 leave to UK. 17/2/1917 admitted to 1 Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge. 6/4/17 medically discharged. Died 25/9/18 after discharge, Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929. Herbert White. Info from pension index card:- DEPENDANT'S PENSION. D1. White, Herbert Sidney, No. P/1432, MFP, L/Cpl, 25/7/1919 DIED from disease. Also:- White, Herbert Sydney, MFP, P/1432, D of D 6/4/17, SFJ.164, Sh. VII.521.7. Stamp: Ad 11/4/17 at 27/6 from 7/4/17 to 9/10/17, Chelsea no. 18091/H. Herbert Sidney White. National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918. Section V, Luton, page 381 He volunteered in June 1915, and was drafted to France in the same year. He was engaged on various important duties with his unit until, contracting dysentery, he was invalided home. Later he was discharged as medically unfit for further service in April 1917. Afterwards he died on July 25th 1918 and was entitled to the 1914-1915 Star and the General Service and Victory Medals. 15 Ickleford Road, Hitchin.

Decorations/Medals/Awards (1)

1. Decoration: Silver War Badge

Gazette Date: 1917-04-24

Gazette Issue: WO 329/3243

Gazette Page: List MPC/16

Citation: Badge no. 171614. Enlisted 1/6/1915, discharged 6/4/1917, sickness para 392 (xvi) no longer physically fit for War Service. Served abroad.

Surname:	White
Initials:	H.S.
Rank:	Lance Corporal
Army No.:	P/1432
Notes:	MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 28/6/1915 to 6/3/1917. Discharged Medically Unfit 6/4/1917. Formerly a Police Constable. Served Home 1/6/1915 to 27/6/1915, BEF 28/6/1915 to 6/3/17, Home 7/3/1917 to 6/4/17. 3/7/15 joined 2 Army attached to 50 Division, 14/10/17 Town Major Hazebruck, 26/5/15 admitted to 60 Field Ambulance enteritis, 11/2/17 leave to UK. 17/2/1917 admitted to 1 Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge. 6/4/17 medically discharged. Died 25/9/18 after discharge, Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929. Herbert White. Info from pension index card:- DEPENDANT'S PENSION. D1. White, Herbert Sidney, No. P/1432, MFP, L/Cpl, 25/7/1919 DIED from disease. Also:- White, Herbert Sydney, MFP, P/1432, D of D 6/4/17, SFJ.164, Sh. VII.521.7. Stamp: Ad 11/4/17 at 27/6 from 7/4/17 to 9/10/17, Chelsea no. 18091/H. Herbert Sidney White. National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918. Section V, Luton, page 381 He volunteered in June 1915, and was drafted to France in the same year. He was engaged on various important duties with his unit until, contracting dysentery, he was invalided home. Later he was discharged as medically unfit for further service in April 1917. Afterwards he died on July 25th 1918 and was entitled to the 1914-1915 Star and the General Service and Victory Medals. 15 Ickleford Road, Hitchin.