Private Frederick C White

Frederick Charles White was the husband of Ethel White, of Birmingham. He enlisted in the South Staffordshire Regiment and volunteered for airborne forces.

Private White successfully completed his glider training, and was posted to HQ, B Company, 2nd (Airborne) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, and took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem).

Pte White was killed in action on 19 September 1944, aged 31, and was given a field burial in the Arnhem Communal Roman Catholic cemetery, Oosterbeek, and was re-interred to Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery on 27 August 1945.

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