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Four: Sergeant P. White, Royal Field Artillery, who was wounded in action in Egypt in 1915
1914-15 Star (56495 Sjt. P. White. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (56495 Sjt. P. White. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1026191 Sjt. P. White. R.F.A.) good very fine and better (4) £100-£140
Percy White, a machinist, was born in Coventry in 1883 and enlisted in the Royal Artillery on 2 April 1901. Posted to Egypt from 14 July 1915, he was wounded on 11 October 1915 and later served in Salonika from 1917-19 (Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942, refers). Awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. Medal with gratuity in April 1921, he was discharged upon termination of his second period of engagement in 1922 and returned home to 28, Burnaby Street, Sheffield.
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