William White (British Army officer)

William Nicholas White CB DSO (10 September 1879 — 27 December 1951) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army. A career officer, he started his military career in the militia with the Sherwood Foresters in 1900, and shortly thereafter he joined the Army Service Corps (later Royal Army Service Corps) and remained with the corps until his retirement in 1936. He saw action during his career in both the Second Boer and First World War's. As a cricketer, he made over seventy appearances in first-class cricket, the majority of which came for Hampshire, though he also played at first-class level for services teams. His first-class career yielded him over 3,200 runs and he made two centuries. White was also active in army football as both a player and an administrator, being chairman of the Army Football Association.