John White was born in the Shankhill district of Belfast and went to live in Lower Coagh just before the start of the First World War. He went back to Belfast to enlist with 14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. John was killed in action on 7th December 1917 after the Battle of Cambrai.
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John White was born in the Shankhill district of Belfast.
John White went to live in Lower Coagh just before the start of the First World War.
He went back to Belfast to enlist with 14th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles.
Rifleman John White was killed in action on Friday 7th December 1917 after the Battle of Cambrai.
Rifleman John White has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial in France.
