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Allan Gordon Woodbine White
British Army 2/24th Battalion London Regiment
from:Lambeth
My grandfather, Allan White's war record survives and he enlisted on 30th of June 1915 at the age of 19. He went to France on 20th of June 1916 and then on to Salonkia on 5th of May 1917. After a period of sick leave in Summerhill Camp, England he then went to Egypt on 26th of February 1918. In June 1918 he was ill with pyrexia (fever). On 19th of September 1918 he was back in France.
He re-enlisted whilst still serving overseas on 20th Feb 1919 to the 2nd Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. He was discharged on health ground on 20 Jan 1920 due to malaria he had picked up overseas. He died aged 53 many years before I was born.

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