KENNINGTON - Kent Fallen

WHITE G.T
Railway
Dover Marine
Private L/7918 George Thomas WHITE. 6 th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died
Friday 30 th November 1917 aged 35 years. Born Kennington. Resided Ashford. Enlisted Ashford.
Husband of Rosetta Emily Flo White of “Banzui” Canterbury Road, Kennington, Ashford, Kent.
George has no known grave. His name appears on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France.
Panel reference 3.
Before the outbreak of war George worked as a Cell-Hand in the Ashford Railway Yards
(Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Department). His name appears on the Ashford Railway
Works Rolls of Honour and also the Dover Marine (SE&CR) Civic Railway War Memorial.
The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives –
Faversham Road, Kennington
Private H/51035 Herbert Fred WHITE. Imperial Camel Corps.
On the 30 th November 1917 the German’s launched a massive counter attack in the vicinity of
Cambrai. The 6 th battalion Buffs suffered enormous losses on this day. The Buffs made a
successful counter attack at Pam Pam Farm near La Vacquerie. Hand to hand fighting took place
and the men fought shell hole to shell hole. It is recorded that 340 men were killed, missing or
wounded. George was one of those killed.
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