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Old photograph

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It's hard to believe that this is a picture of "the only black officer and chaplain for the entire British Army." A different William A. White? Must be. -Willmcw 05:42, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Can anyone (hint, hint) find a photograph of the real William A. White? That'd be great. Cheers, -Willmcw 10:28, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

New photograph

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I uploaded the correct photo for William A. White this week.Abebenjoe 17:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Only black officer

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White may have been the only black chaplain in the Imperial Army in WWI, but he wasn't the only black officer. See here for instance. -- Necrothesp 12:39, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • I agree, it seems improbable that he was the only black officer, though I've two reference sources that claim that he was. Not having anything else to back this up, I agree with your edit. Likely, the sources used bad sentence structure to make it appear that he was the only black officer, when what they meant was chaplain (which I believe automatically is an officer rank).Abebenjoe 21:25, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]