British Army Veterinary Corps
James Matthew WHITE
Lieutenant
Died 16 March 1916 · Aged 31
His story
Lieutenant James Matthew White, was the third son of Mrs. White, Tulla, Co. Clare, and nephew of James White, M.D., J.P., Kilkenny.
He qualified at the Royal Veterinary College, Dublin, in 1910 and subsequently entered the service of the British South African Co., Rhodesia. He was the Assistant at the Veterinary Surgeon’s Offices in Salisbury.
On the outbreak of the war, he returned at his own expense to join the colours. While serving with the 126 Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery in France, He contracted pneumonia and died at the 50th Field Ambulance on 16 March 1916.
He is buried under a standard Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.
Lieutenant White’s obituary in South Dublin Libraries, Our Heroes Database, states that he was a young man of splendid physique and a noted football and golf player.
Photographs and documents
Before the war
- Nationality
- British
- Date of Birth
- 1885
- Place of Birth
- Tulla, Clare, Ireland
- Veterinary College and Date of Graduation
- Dublin - December 1910
Military service
- Last Rank
- Lieutenant
- Regiment/Service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Secondary Regiment
- Royal Field Artillery
- Secondary Unit
- 126th Brigade
- First Theatre of War
- Western Europe 30 July 1915
Medals and commemoration
- Name on RCVS Honour Board
- Yes
- Name In Officers who died in Great War
- No
- Medals and Awards
- British War Medal 1914-1918; Victory Medal
Death and burial
- Date of Death
- 16 March 1916
- Age at Death
- 31
- Place of Death
- Henu, France
- Cause of Death
- Pneumonia
- Cemetery
- Henu Church Yard
- Location
- Henu, France
- Commonwealth War Grave
- Yes - CWGC Headstone
- Emblem or Badge on Headstone
- Army veterinary Corps
Sources and further reading
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “James Matthew White”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/james_matthew_white/.
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