White, Charles Thomas
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Charles Thomas |
Surname | White |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-05-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of George White, and of Clarissa Mary Ann White, of Hammersmith, London. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Bristol Blenheim IV |
Serial Number | P4913 |
Markings | BL- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Ecaussinnes D'Enghein Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 1. |
Epitaph | "GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST" DEARLY LOVED BY HIS MOTHER, BROTHER AND SISTERS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 263 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 580429 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 2 |
Squadron | 40 |
Trade | Observer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Town Cemetery, Rue Saint Roch, Ecaussines, Hainaut Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Metal sculpture behind headstones and information board |
Memorial Text | Steles des Aviateurs (1940-1945) Le 15 mai 1940, deux avions Bristol Blenheim sont abattus par l’avaition allemande dans le ciel d’Ecaussinnes. Ils se sont ecrases, l’un dans les prairies du cote de la rue St Roch, l’autre a ete retrouve au lieu-dit “Croi |
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
His alma mater was the highly regarded Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith, London which lost an incredible 26 of their alumni to Bomber Command in WW2. |
Excerpt from "The Fallen Latymerians of The Second World War": Charles Thomas White was born on August 26th 1916 and lived at 90 The Square, Peabody Estate, Hammersmith. His father, Mr G. White was a Chef. Previously a pupil at Fulham Palace Rd Elementary School, he was awarded a London County Council full fee Scholar-ship and entered Latymer in Class 2A on September 13th 1927. He sat the General Schools Examination in the summer of 1933 and was awarded a Distinction in Elementary Mathematics. He achieved Matriculation but left from Class 6A to take up a course in forestry. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/412/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/412/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 15-05-1940 |
End Date | 15-05-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Raid on Dinant |
Reason for Loss | Fell victim to an enemy fighter, crashing in the Charleroi area |