William Nicholas White CB DSO (10 September 1879 — 27 December 1951) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army.
[1] From there, he joined the British Army, gaining a commission as a second lieutenant in a militia battalion as part of the Sherwood Foresters in February 1900.
[4] White served in the Second Boer War, with his participation making him eligible to receive the Queen's South Africa Medal.
[6] Later in July 1903, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia at Southampton in 1903,[7] with White being dismissed without scoring in his only innings in the match by John Lester.
[7] He returned home in later 1906, being promoted to captain in November and was appointed commander of the ASC depot at Aldershot Garrison.
[11] In 1910, White made thirteen first-class appearances (including playing for a combined Army and Navy team against a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team) and scored his second century,[7] making 117 runs against Derbyshire;[12] in the wider season, he scored 524 runs at an average of 22.78.
[22] White returned to Aldershot in 1930, when he was appointed commandant of the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) training centre.
[24] White was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in June 1936,[25] prior to his retirement in August of the same year, at which point he was granted the honorary rank of brigadier.