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| File Reference |
DP6027
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| Name |
Stephen White |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Grey Abbey, Kildare
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| County |
Kildare
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Notes |
Date of birth not recorded on file
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| Date of death |
1922-12-19
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| Place |
Military Hospital, Curragh Camp, County Kildare, Ireland
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| Notes |
Standard Verification of Death form dated 15 June 1933 gives place of death as certified by Registrar General as Curragh Military Hospital and cause of death as "Gun shot wounds" On the same form the Military Service Registation form gives the place of death as Hare Park, Curragh Camp while standard form A.P. 54 Service Certificate issued by the Military Service Registration Board dated 19 June 1933 states "Deceased died by Military Execution at Curragh Military Barracks."
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| Associated files in MSPA |
2RB552; 52APB191;
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| Related files |
RO517 - nominal roll of F Company, 6 Battalion, 7 (Kildare) Brigade, 1 Eastern Division lists "Stephen White, Grey Abbey, Kildare (Executed)" as a member as of 1 July 1922
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| Civilian occupation |
Farm Labourer;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Fianna Éireann |
| Rank |
Unknown
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| Brigade |
Kildare Brigade
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| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
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| Brigade |
Kildare Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Bryan Moore; Thomas Harris;
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| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyDP6027 Stephen White.pdf
Scanned/digital copy52APB191 Stephen White.pdf
Scanned/digital copy2RB552 Stephen White.pdf |
| File dates |
27 January 1933 – 15 September 1953
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| Subject Information |
File relates to Michael White's unsuccessful application under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of his son IRA Private Stephen White. File also relates to an unsuccessful application under the same legislation from Sarah White in respect of her step-son Stephen White. Michael White was deemed not to have been dependent on his son at the time of the latter's death. Sarah White was deemed not to have been an eligible for an award as stepmother of the deceased.
Stephen White was executed by National Army forces at the Curragh Military Barracks on 19 December 1922. He had been charged and convicted, with others, by Military Court of having been in possession without proper authority of rifles, ammunition, bomb detonators and an exploder. Date of arrest/capture, trial etc not on file. Standard Verification of Death form dated 15 June 1933 gives place of death as certified by Registrar General as Curragh Military Hospital and cause of death as "Gun shot wounds" On the same form the Military Service Registation form gives the place of death as Hare Park, Curragh Camp while standard form A.P. 54 Service Certificate issued by the Military Service Registration Board dated 19 June 1933 states "Deceased died by Military Execution at Curragh Military Barracks."
See also RO517 - nominal roll of F Company, 6 Battalion, 7 (Kildare) Brigade, 1 Eastern Division lists "Stephen White, Grey Abbey, Kildare (Executed)" as a member as of 1 July 1922.
According to material on file Stephen White had served with Na Fianna Éireann and the IRA from 1920 onwards and during the War of Independence and Civil War. Reference is also made to James White, brother of subject, also said to have been active during the Independence struggle.
File includes: original handwritten material signed and submitted by Michael and Sarah White in support of their respective applications; signed handwritten report dated 27 November 1933 from investigating officer, Customs and Excise, Newbridge, County Kildare regarding the circumstances and means of the White family and the degree of dependency of Michael White on his son at the time of the latter's death; representations on behalf of Michael White from William Norton TD; medical certificate in respect of Michael White; representations on behalf of Sarah White from T. Harris TD; and signed handwritten statements regarding subject's service and death from Thomas Harris TD, John Breslin, William Byrne, Patrick Brennan, James Houlihan and D. O'Neill.
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