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STANLEY WHITE

Died : 14 Apr 1915

Rank : Private

Service no at death:

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Surname:	WHITE
Forename:	STANLEY
Initials:	S
Date of Birth	1888
Place of Birth	Sturminster Marshall
Place of Birth Source	Army Service Record
Address	1911 Ceylon & India
Schools attended

Employment / trade	Soldier
Place of work
Family (parents and grandparents)	Son of Thomas and Sarah White, Lower Dairy Shapwick
Spouse Name
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Regiment at call-up	Dorsetshire Regiment
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up	Private
Service no at call-up	8332
Date of attestation	04 May 1907
Date of call-up	-
Area reported to	Dorchester
Source	UK soldiers died

Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service details	Stanley enlisted for 7 years service with the Regular Army on 14 Jul 1907 and served in Ceylon and India. Embarked from Bombay 12 Oct 1914 and arrived in Mesopotamia 6 Nov 1914. Received a gun shot wound to scalp 18 Nov 1914 in action in Sahiel. In 3a BG Hospital.
Other rank
Other service no
Service facts	Short Service

Age at death	27
Date of death	14 Apr 1915
Regiment at death	Dorsetshire Regiment
Battalion at death	2nd Bn.
Rank at death	Private
Circumstances of death	Wounded in 1914 in Mesopotamia and killed in action in 1915 near Shaiba
Service no at death
Field of action at death	Mesopotamia
Place of death	Near Shaiba

Location of grave	Basra Cemetery
Position
Other memorials	Sturminster Marshall War Memorial
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