Educated at Dover College, White joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1937 and was then deployed to the China Station.Obituary: Sir Peter White Daily Telegraph, 23 June 2010 He served in World War II seeing action off Norway and at the Dunkirk evacuation. He was mentioned in despatches for his role in maintaining the operations plot during the Battle of North Cape in 1943 and became the link person between the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet and the signals intelligence centre at Bletchley Park.Obituary: Sir Peter White The Times, 3 June 2010 Later in the War he served in the Far East and was present at the Japanese surrender ceremony in September 1945.
