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William White (British Army officer)

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following in April 1929. White returned to Aldershot in 1930, when he was appointed commandant of the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) training centre. He retained this command until August 1933, when he was appointed inspector of the RASC and granted the temporary rank of
453:, captaining the British Army football team in the 1901–02 season. White later gained back the rank of lieutenant in January 1903, having completed his probationary period in the ASC. Later in July 1903, he made his debut in 575:, marking the end of his career with Hampshire. In total, White made 61 first-class appearances for Hampshire, scoring 2,827 runs at an average of 27.44. Alongside his two centuries, he also made 21 half centuries. 1372: 1432: 1387: 1367: 1362: 1427: 544: 646:
and sat on its committee, and was active in a number of other military and sporting organisations or committees. He died in December 1951 at a nursing home in
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A month into the war, White was seconded for service as an instructor at the Army Service Corps Training Establishment. He was promoted to
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in June 1936, prior to his retirement in August of the same year, at which point he was granted the honorary rank of brigadier.
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of 27.33. The following season he made a further fifteen first-class appearances (including one of the
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with the West Riding Divisional Transport and Supply Column, which necessitated his relocation to the
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in December 1915, upon his elevation to Assistant Director. White was made a Companion of the
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In 1910, White made thirteen first-class appearances (including playing for a combined
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as a Deputy Assistant Director of Transport. He was made a temporary
508:, White resumed playing for Hampshire, making two appearances in the 253: 524:), scoring 873 runs at an average of 34.92; he recorded his maiden 913:"First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by William White" 345:(10 September 1879 — 27 December 1951) was an English first-class 87: 1025:"First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William White" 571:; the latter appearance came just weeks before the start of the 496:
touring team. He returned home in later 1906, being promoted to
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as both a player and an administrator, being chairman of the
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Following the end of the war, he spent time on the staff at
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in November and was appointed commander of the ASC depot at
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in January 1916. Throughout the course of the war, he was
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in December 1914, the same month he was appointed to the
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The son of William Nicholas White senior, he was born at
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Military personnel from the London Borough of Camden
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Having played services cricket for the 906: 904: 902: 667: 762: 760: 758: 756: 754: 752: 750: 748: 545:Oxford and Cambridge Universities team 405:in September 1879. He was educated at 1428:British Army personnel of World War I 833: 831: 829: 827: 825: 823: 821: 433:in February 1900. He was promoted to 7: 635:. White was made a Companion of the 473:in his only innings in the match by 469:in 1903, with White being dismissed 1448:Companions of the Order of the Bath 1418:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers 1378:People educated at Malvern College 681:. Malvern Advertiser. p. 322. 14: 1398:Royal Army Service Corps officers 1156:. 24 February 1925. p. 1350. 895:. 14 December 1906. p. 8811. 814:. 20 February 1903. p. 1133. 721:. 19 February 1901. p. 1236. 675:Heberden, Charles Buller (1905). 377:, the majority of which came for 741:. 6 December 1901. p. 8642. 385:. White was also active in army 1306:. 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He was active in army 1453:British Army brigadiers 1438:British Army cricketers 769:"Brigadier W. N. White" 601:mentioned in despatches 518:Marylebone Cricket Club 168:Marylebone Cricket Club 349:and an officer in the 334:William Nicholas White 45:William Nicholas White 1233:The Edinburgh Gazette 532:score of 160 against 486:Barbados cricket team 1408:Hampshire cricketers 603:on three occasions. 522:Cambridge University 274:5 wickets in innings 36:Personal information 1413:Barbados cricketers 543:against a combined 455:first-class cricket 375:first-class cricket 283:10 wickets in match 32: 1403:English cricketers 1253:The London Gazette 1213:The London Gazette 1193:The London Gazette 1173:The London Gazette 1153:The London Gazette 1133:The London Gazette 1113:The London Gazette 1093:The London Gazette 1073:The London Gazette 1053:The London Gazette 1009:The London Gazette 989:The London Gazette 892:The London Gazette 811:The London Gazette 778:. 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Index

William White (field hockey)
St Pancras, London
Poltimore
Devon
Gilbert White
Hampshire
Barbados
Marylebone Cricket Club
First-class
Batting average
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Balls
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
stumpings
Cricinfo
CB
DSO
cricketer
British Army
militia
Sherwood Foresters
Army Service Corps
Second Boer
First World War's
first-class cricket
Hampshire
centuries
football

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