PRIVATE THOMAS WHITE Service Number: 11938 Royal Defence Corps-311th Protection Coy. Died 06 February 1921 Age 49 years old Lancaster Cemetery B. RC. 488.

Son of John and Margaret White, husband of Fanny White, of 12, Langley Rd., Lancaster. Born in Ireland. Born in 1872, Thomas was a stonemason and Married Frances (Fanny) Lancaster in 1896. They had six children.

Thomas joined the RDC in 1915 and was discharged with a silver war badge in October 1918. The RDC was a Home guard type of unit.

In April 1918 some 27,000 men were serving in the RDC.

Of these, 14,000 were employed at prisoner of war camps.

Thomas died in 1921 of Pulmonary Phthisis and his CWGC headstone was not erected until 2007. It sits today within a family plot.