Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lieutenant W. White, Royal Army Service Corps, late Military Foot Police

British War and Victory Medals (P-1990 A. Sjt. W. White. M.F.P.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Lieut. W. White.) good very fine (3) £100-£140

Walter White was born at Windmill, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, on 8 November 1878 and served with the Shrewsbury Borough Police. He attested for the Military Foot Police for the period of the War on 13 August 1915 and served overseas in Salonika from 2 January 1916. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps on 22 June 1918, and was promoted Lieutenant on 22 December 1919, seeing active service in Iraq. He was demobilised on 3 June 1924 and resumed his civilian employment as a Chief Inspector of Police.

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