John White (provost of St Edmundsbury)

John Lawrence White (1885–1958) was an Anglican priest in the 20th century.The Times, Monday 26 May 1958, Issue No 54,160 Col D "Obituary Very Rev J.L.White" He was born in 1885 and ordained in 1910."The Clergy List" London, Kelly's, 1913 He held curacies in Birmingham, Brixton and Luton after which he served as a chaplain to the British Armed Forces during World War I. He was appointed in February 1917, and served in King George Hospital, London and, from December 1917, in Egypt,Index Card Museum of Army Chaplaincy surviving the torpedoing of the troopship he was travelling on.The Times obituary 26.5.1958 His work was regarded as "satisfactory". He was demobilised in March 1920.TNA Service Record WO374/73703 Later he was Vicar of St. George's Church, Edgbaston and then of St Nicolas Church, Nuneaton. In 1940 he became Provost of St Edmundsbury, a post he held until his death on 24 May 1958. There is a commemorative plaque in the Cathedral cloisters.

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