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Pte. Charles Smith

British Army 1st Btn. East Lancashire Regiment

from:Burnley, Lancashire

(d.30th Jul 1918)

Charles Smith was the brother of Miss E. Smith of 27 Richard Street, Fulledge, Burnley, Lancashire. Before the war he worked as a miner at Clifton Colliery, and he had enlisted in the Army in 1902.

He was taken prisoner on September 18th 1914 after being wounded in the leg during a battle on the Western Front. He was picked up by the Germans, and upon recovering from his injuries was made to work in the German fields. Charles Smith had been a POW for three years and eleven months when he was murdered by his captors. He is buried in Berlin South-Western Cemetery in Germany.



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