Robert White was born in Cumnock on the 1 May 1886 to Archibald White and Mary Lamont.
He was a coal miner in 2 St Marnock st Kilmarnock when he married Georgina Dunlop in 1908 and they had 4 children according to his military record. In fact two more were born as seen in the 1921 census when Georgina was living in 44 Sandbed Street, Kilmarnock with her six children, She was working in Irvinebank dye works as a wool scourer.
He enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders number 8647. He was a Lance Sergeant when he was killed in action France or Flanders on 12 October 1916 and is remembered in
WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, VI. B. 5., France
and on the war memorial in Crosshouse Ayrshire.
His son Robert emigrated to Canada and was murdered in Vancouver in 1959.
