Private Albert E White

Albert Edwin White was the son of Edwin John and Agnes White, of Swaythling, Southampton, he enlisted in the General Service Corps and volunteered for airborne forces.

Private White successfully completed parachute training at RAF Ringway, and also glider training, and was posted to 195 Airlanding Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, and took part in Operation Overlord (Normandy).

Pte White was killed in action on 9 June 1944, aged 19, and was given a field burial at Le Bas de Ranville and was re-interred to Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France, on 29 June 1945.

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