James Heslop White was born in Jarrow, Durham on the 16th October 1892, he was the youngest son of James White, of 8 Bladen Street, Jarrow, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Robert Thomas Burton, and brother to Thomas White
Educated at the Grange School and Secondary School in Jarrow.
He enlisted before the war on the 13th July 1910. Sent to France and Flanders in August 1914.
He was killed in action at the Battle of Loos on the 25th September 1915.
De Ruvigny Roll of Honour