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Pte. Charles Buchanan Smith
British Army 11th Battalion Scottish Rifles
from:Appin, Scotland
Charles Smith served with the 11th Battalion, Scottish Rifles.
Pte. Charles Smith
British Army 10th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Charles Smith is remembered on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
Pte. Charles Smith
British Army 6th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
(d.5th Sept 1916)
Lt. Charles George Attervill Smith
British Army 2/9th (Queen Victoria Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Reading
Before the war Charles Smith had been apprenticed to the furniture makers Waring and Gillow. He joined the Queen Victoria Rifles in 1914 as a private. He soon found himself in the trenches in France. He served under his former boss, Sam Waring, who made him his batman for a while. He also served alongside Stanley Holloway, later a star of stage and screen. Stanley had been a pupil at the same school in Acton as Charles, though a little younger. He fought in many battles, including the Ypres campaign and was commissioned in 1917. Quite a feat for a working class lad.
Pte. Christopher Frank Smith
British Army Dorset Regiment
Christopher Frank Smith was a corporal of horse in the Battle of the Somme.
Pte. Clarence Alfred Sinclair Smith
British Army 16th (Birmingham Pals) Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Birmingham
(d.27th Jul 1916)
Pte. Claud Humphrey Smith
British Army 1/8th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Durrington, Salisbury
(d.27th August 1917)
I have just started researching Claude Smith who died on the 27th of August 1917.
Grdsmn. Cornelius George Smith
British Army Coldstream Guards
from:Sutton, Ely, Cambridgeshire
Cornelius Smith embarked at Southampton on 31st of March 1918, suffered a shrapnel wound to his left wrist on 23rd of August 1918, and was admitted to 47th General Hospital, Le Treport, and Berrington War Hospital, for 21 days.
Sgt. D. Smith
British Army 8th Btn. King's Royal Irish Hussars
from:Courtown, Kilcock
(d.18th November 1918)
Serjeant Smith was the son of Henry Smith of Courtown, Kilcock.
He was 33 when he died and is buried near the south boundary of the Kilcock (Whitetown) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Kilcock, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
Pte. Daniel Smith
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.16th Feb 1915)
Pte. David Smith
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Pte. David Smith
British Army 2nd Btn. Black Watch
from:Arbroath
Gnr. David Benjamin Smith
British Army 15th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:9 Overstone Road, Hammersmith, London
(d.15th May 1918)
Fortunately, whilst sixty percent of World War 1 service records were destroyed in the WWII blitz, David Smith's army service record was one of the so called Burnt Records that survived. It shows that he enlisted at Hammersmith as an Army Reservist on the 10th of December 1915. His declared age was 25 with his given birth date of 8th October 1890 scribbled across the top of the attestation form. At the time it was recorded that David's address was 9 Overstone Road, Hammersmith and that his next of kin was his wife, Hilda Clara Smith, living at the same address. David's occupation was given as Brewer's Labourer. Other family information included in the records were David's marriage to Hilda Clara Tull, spinster, on 12th of April 1914 in Hammersmith and particulars of children, Ivy May born 18th of May 1915 in Hammersmith and later, Eileen born 1st of November 1918 in Plaistow.
David was mobilised over 4 months after enlistment, on 25th of April 1916, to serve in the rank of gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery. He was initially posted to the battalion depot. This appears to have been at Dover as there is a record of his arrival at Dover dated 27th of April 1916. On 18th May 1916 David was then posted to 29th Company. This must have been at Portsmouth as the one minor blemish on his Conduct Sheet was with this unit on 16th of June 1916. He was absent from the 7am parade, presumably overslept!
Then on the 11th of July 1916 David was posted to 179th Siege Battery. This battery was subsequently attached to the British Expeditionary Force on the 8th October 1916. A month later David disembarked in France on 9th November 1916 and was then attached to the Artillery School at Telque, in the field a week later on 18th November. He returned to his unit three weeks later on 5th December.
Continuing as a gunner in the 179th Siege Battery, six months later David was wounded in action on 1st June 1917. As a result of this he was invalided back to England, per St. Patrick a hospital ship, arriving in England on the 4th June. David's wounds were recorded as shrapnel wound right arm and right thigh. He spent a total of 126 days recovering in King George Hospital London from 4th June to 8th October 1917. This was in Stamford Street, London off Blackfriars Road, near Blackfriars Bridge. It was built as Cornwall House for H.M. Stationary Office but, being completed in the middle of WW1, was used for several years as an army hospital, known as King George's Hospital, until 1920 when occupied as government offices. On leaving hospital David then received 10 days furlough when he would have been able to go home to his wife Hilda and 2 year old daughter Ivy.
David's army medical history shows that he was fairly tall at 5ft 11 ins but slim, weighing 140 lbs at enlistment and with a chest girth of 34 inches (37 inches fully expanded). His physical development was described as good.
After his 10 days furlough, following leaving hospital, David appears to have then been posted to Ripon on the 19th October 1917, presumably in North Yorkshire, but it is not clear which unit he was then in. However, at Ripon, was the No.4 Depot (Heavy & Siege) of the Royal Garrison Artillery.
He was subsequently posted back to the B.E.F. in France on the 29th of March 1918, though again it is not clear with which unit within the R.G.A. That reference reads "1s Arty Posted to B.E.F." which may or may not mean 1st Siege Battery.
On the 13th of April 1918 David then joined the 15th Siege Battery in the field. This battery fired howitzers. It appears to have been attached 70th Brigade of the 6th Corps, but this is very much just a guess!
Sadly, only a month after joining the 15th Siege Battery, David then died on the 15th of May 1918 from wounds received in action. This was at No.6 Casualty Clearing Station, one of two then located at Pernes in northern France. This was very close to where David was subsequently buried at Pernes British Cemetery, stated as seven and a quarter miles N.N.E of St.Pol. David's service record does not give any further details on the circumstances of his death but it is likely to have been as a result of German shellfire as artillery batteries were usually sited well behind the trenches out of range of enemy machine gun and rifle fire.
David's daughter Eileen sadly never knew her father as his wife Hilda was only just over 3 months pregnant with Eileen at the time of his death. David's personal effects were dispatched to Hilda in late September 1918 to her address, then at 28 Selby Road, Plaistow. The list of those personal effects is extremely faded but included letters, a card and religious book. Hilda and her two children were awarded a widow's pension to live on of 25 shillings and five pence a week from the 25th of November 1918 by the Ministry of Pensions.
In June 1919 David's widow, Hilda, had to complete a Statement of the Names and Addresses of all the Living Relatives of the Deceased. Hilda and her two children Ivy and Eileen were then living at 28 Selby Road, Plaistow. David's father was deceased but his mother, Elizabeth Travatt, was recorded as living at 52 Cathnor Road, Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush together with David's only sibling, his sister Mary Ridout (nee Smith) aged 27. (If, as has been tentatively suggested by Mary's granddaughter Hazel McPhail (nee Ridout), that Mary may have been adopted, the form did not allow for this, giving only options of "full blood" or "half blood", so Hilda put Mary in the box for "full blood". Even if Mary was adopted, Hilda may not have been aware anyway.)
Later, in September 1921, Hilda received British War and Victory Medals granted to David for his war service. Of course, her husband had paid the ultimate sacrifice for his king and country as so many did in the Great War.
Ships Cook 3rd Class. David Dundas Smith
National Guard USS Madawaska
from:Brooklyn, NY
David Smith was my paternal grandmother's brother. His parents were Thomas McMillan Smith and Sarah Gamble Wallace Smith. He married Florence Christie. He died in 1967 and is buried in Pinelawn Military Cemetery in Farmingdale NY
He enlisted in New York on 1st of April 1918 and served as a Ships Cook.
Capt. E. F. Smith
British Army 11th Btn., A Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
Cpl. Edgar Robert Smith MM.
British Army 8th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Norfolk
(d.22nd Oct 1917)
Edgar Robert Smith was awarded the Military Medal. He was the son of Isaac and Ann Smith of Weasenham, King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Sgt. Edward Hollock Smith MM.
British Army 153rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
from:Barton Mills, Suffolk
(d.13th July 1917)
Edward Smith was born 24th February 1883, he was great-great-great uncle to me. He appears in the De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour.
Pte Edward Martin Smith
British Army 10th (Liverpool Scottish) Btn. King's Regiment (Liverpool)
from:4B Granby St, Liverpool
Edward Martin Smith (b. 19 Jan 1893) was posted to the Front on 1 March 1917. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War on 30 November 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai. He arrived at a POW camp in Munster, Germany on 4 December 1917, where he remained until 7 December 1918, having sustained severe beatings. His last place of internment was in Liege, Belguim. After the war he returned to his job as a foreman painter in Liverpool and he and his wife Elizabeth had 8 children, 4 of whom survived childhood. He died aged 42 in Liverpool on 27 January 1935 from a brain tumour (rumoured to have been a result of the beatings he received as a POW).
Pte Edwin Charles Smith
British Army 12th Btn King's Royal Rifle Corps
from:Camden Town
Pte. Ellis Smith
British Army 11th Btn. Border Regiment
from:Barley
(d.15th Apr 1917)
Ellis Smith enlisted in Bedford (6218 The Middlesex Regt). A private in the 11th Battalion, The Border Regiment (known as the Lonsdale Pals), he was killed in Action, 15th April 1917 fighting at Arras. He is remembered at the Thiepval Memorial.
CSM Ernest Smith
British Army 7th Btn. King's Royal Riffle Corps
from:Derby
(d.11th Oct1917)
Ernest Smith served with the 7th Battalion, King's Royal Riffle Corps and died on 11th October 1917.
Pte. Ernest Smith
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 18th & 14th & 2nd DLI
Cpl. Ernest Albert Smith
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:4 Abingdon Rd, Finchley, London
I believe My Grandfather, Ernest Smith joined the Royal Field Artillery in 1915 and fought at Arras. I am trying to find any information available.
Pte. Ernest William Smith
British Army 7th Btn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
(d.3rd Feb 1917)
Ernest Smith died of wounds on 3rd February 1917 while serving with the 7th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in France. He is buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. He was 28 years old.
Pte. Ernest Richard Smith
British Army 2/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:490 Belchers Lane, Bordesley Green, Birmingham
(d.18th August 1918)
Ernie Smith served with the 2/7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Sgt. Ernest James Smith
British Army 116th Railway Coy. Royal Engineers
from:27 Boyne Valley Road, Maidenhead, Berks.
(d.25th Sep 1918)
Ernest Smith was my paternal grandfather. He was employed by the Great Western Railway. My father who was born in December 1910 told me several times that his father came home one day and told his wife, my father, and his brother that he could no longer stay at home and was joining the Royal Engineers. He was posted to Palestine and somewhere along the line promoted to Sergeant. He was killed on 25th of September 1918. My father told me it was the result of an accident caused by an officer's eagerness to complete a new length of track. Be that as it may, my grandfather is buried in the Ramleh Cemetery. I have photographs of his headstone and a general view of the cemetery. When I received them, it dawned on me that it was unlikely that my father, or his brother, or his mother had ever seen the photos, which came from the CWGC.
Pte. Ernest Arthur Smith
British Army 7th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment
from:London
(d.28th Mar 1918)
Ernest Smith was a Pioneer. He died aged 19 and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial in The Somme. He was my grandfather's younger brother.
Cpl. F. Smith
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
(d.27th Apr 1918)
Pte F Smith is buried in Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, near Ypres
Pte. Felix Christopher Smith
British Army 70th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte. Francis Henry Smith
British Army Leicester Yeomanry
from:Melton Mowbray
(d.13th May 1915)
Francis Smith was killed in 1915 while serving with the Leicester Yeomanry. When his mother was told about his death it was said that it turned her hair white. Francis being the elder of two boys, my great grandfather then tried to stop the younger son from being conscripted. This went to a tribunal and he lost but he was sent to India instead of the Western Front.
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