David White
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: M2/222957
Date of Death: 3/1/1919
Theatre of Death: Home
Age: 32
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps (491st M T Coy)
Cemetery: Rutherglen Cemetery
Additional information: Husband of Mary McNairn White of 93 Raise Street, Saltcoats.
Rutherglen Lore information: Husband of Mary McNairn White, 24 Glasgow Road, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Widow Mary White.
World War I Service Records: David White, 24 Glasgow Road, Rutherglen, taxi driver. Married Mary McNairn, 12 June 1913 in Rutherglen. Children Annie Miles White 11 May 1914 and John Freebairn White 13 October 1916. Died of influenza and pneumonia at 24 Glasgow Road, Rutherglen whilst home on leave.
1901 census information:
Address: 4 Wallace Street, Rutherglen.
Father: John (48) cotton twister, born about 1853 in Rutherglen.
Mother: Mary (44) born about 1857 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Nicol (21) sewing machinist, born about 1880 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Grace (16) leather curler, born about 1885 in Rutherglen.
Self: David (14) telegraph boy, born about 1887 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Claud (9) born about 1892 in Rutherglen.
Brother: James (4) born about 197 in Rutherglen.
1911 census information:
The family are living in Rutherglen. The family comprises Mary 56, Grace 26, David 24, Claude 18 and James 14.
Also commemorated on the memorial in West Parish Church, Rutherglen.
