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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. James Bell Smith
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
also served with 20th DLI
Sgt. James Dickenson Smith MM.
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Commissined to York & Lancaster Regiment 17th Sep 1917
Pte. James William Smith
British Army 23rd Btn Durham Light Infantry
served with 19th DLI, 10th DLI. 18th DLI & 11th DLI
Pte. James William Smith
British Army 8th/10th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
from:Heathcote Road, Swadlincote, Burton-on-Trent
(d.28th March 1918)
According to information passed down to me, James was wounded during the German advance. He had to be left by his unit in a trench that was captured by the Germans. When they recaptured the trench James was missing, his body was never found.
He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Gnr. James Smith
British Army 136th Heavy Field Artillery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:19 Portneys Lane, Cork City, Co. Cork, Ireland
(d.2nd June 1918)
James Smith was my maternal grand-father. He was born in Cork on 20th March 1883 and died on 2nd June 1918 and is buried in Flanders at Canada Farm Cemetery. He was married to Mary O'Flynn, known as Molly and had two children, Edward and Margaret who was my mother. Before the war he was a salmon fisherman on the River Lee in Cork.
He had four brothers-in-law, one of whom was Michael O'Flynn Irish Guards who died during a training excercise at Poperinge and is buried at Watou Churchyard Cemetery. Another brother-in-law Robert O'Flynn was in the 2nd Battalion Cork IRA, some contradiction in the family.
Pte. James Smith
British Army 9th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
(d.29th Aug 1916)
Pte. James Hay Smith
British Army 1/7th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:Torphins, Aberdeenshire
(d.8th January 1917)
James Smith served with the 1/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders in WW1. He died 8th of January 1917 aged 27 years and is buried Contay British Cemetery in France. Son of James and Elsie Smith of Craiglash, Glassel, Aberdeenshire. Native of Torphins, Aberdeenshire.
James Alfred Smith
Royal Navy
from:Enfield, Middlesex
James Smith was my grandfather. I have his parchment Royal Navy Record which shows all the ships he was on during his time of service. I do know that he was on the Calypso when it was sunk by an Italian ship the day the Italians joined WW11. I am told my grandfather was in hospital in Alexandria and also in Malta. My grandfather joined the Royal Navy in 1913 aged 19. He retired from the navy in 1935 but was called up again for WW11 in 1939 and served till 1942. He served in WW1 and WW11 for a total of 25 years.
I would love to hear from anyone who has information on the sinking of the Calypso and where and how the survivors ended up in Alexandria and I believe ultimately in Malta.
A/Capt. James Dickenson Smith MM, MC, OStG (Russia)
British Army 10th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)
from:Seaham, Durham
L/Bmbdr. Jesse Parker Smith
British Army 180th Seige Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Walgrave, Northampton
(d.26th March 1918)
L/Bmbdr. Jesse Parker Smith
British Army 180th Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Walgrave
(d.26th March 1918)
Pte. John Smith
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.30th Apr 1915)
Spr. John Montague Smith
Canadian Expeditionary Force. 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company
from:The Laburnums Bunwell, Norfolk, England
(d.1st Jun 1916)
Jack Smith enlisted in the Grenadier Guards in Hailebury, Ontario in December 1915 aged about 22 or 23 years old. Volunteers were wanted for the Canadian Royal Engineers so he transferred to that arriving in England in early January and transferring France shortly after. He went through several engagements until injured about 3 weeks before he died at Yarrow Hospital Broadstairs, in June 1916. His brother Donald was with the 4th Canadian ML I have an account of the funeral. But why did these Norfolk boys land up in Canadian forces or in the case of another brother the South African, where as the the other seven brothers were in British units. A mystery still to solve!
Pte. John Smith
British Army 7th Battalion Black Watch
from:Largo, Fife, Scotland
(d.24th May 1915)
My grandfather, John Smith was killed in Flanders and is buried at Le Touret, Pas de Calais
Pte. John Smith
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.13th October 1915)
John Smith served with the 1st Battalion Royal Scots in France in 1915. He is buried in Assevillers New British Cemetery.
Pte. John Smith
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.21st June 1915)
John Smith died of wound sustained whilst serving with the 1st Battalion Royal Scots. he is buried in Chapelle-D'Armentieres Old Military Extension.
Sgt. John Edward Smith MM.
British Army 7th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:115 Mersey St, Warrington
(d.23rd Apr 1917)
John Edward Smith was a Sergeant in 7th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, he was gassed in Hulluch, awarded the MM and got injured in Ginchy. John was in hospital somewhere and was asked to train men to go (back) to the front but he wanted to be with mates and fight so went into the 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. (I was told this by my grandmother). John was killed on the 23rd of April 1917 at Monchy-le-Preux and is on the Arras Memorial. He was 25 years old. He had been born in Ballymacarrett, County Down and lived with his wife Esther in Warrington.
Sgt. John Edward Smith MM.
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.23rd Apr 1917)
John Smith had previously served as a Private with the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was awarded the Military Medal, Irish Brigade Parchment and Service Medal. He was killed in action at Monchy-le-Preux, France.
Pte. John Edward Smith MM.
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Warrington
(d.23rd Apr 1917)
John Edward Smith was born in Ballymacarrett, Belfast, County Down, he was a Sergeant in the 7th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and got injured on the Somme Guillemont - Ginchy. Rumor has it that he didn't want to leave his mates and was determined to keep fighting and ended up as a Private in the 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. (I'd like to know if this is true).
He was killed in action at Monchy-le-Preux and the Commonwealth War grave record shows him as Private in 1st Btn at time of death. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, husband of Esther Smith, of 115, Mersey St., Warrington. His Medal Card records him as a Sergeant in Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers but no mention of Military Medal or Battalion in which serving. He was entitled to the War and Victory Medals, which places him in France from 1916 onwards as ther is no 1914 or 1915 Star. That could still be either Battalion as 1st Bn was in France (29th Division) from 18th March 1916 and 7th Bn was in France (16th (Irish)Division from February 1916. If he was wounded at Guilemont/Givinchy then that was with the 16th Division and would indeed be the 7th Battalion. So the story could be true but needs further investigation.
Pte. John Smith
British Army 6th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
(d.13th Nov 1916)
John Smith died age 22, he was the son of William and Ann Elizabeth Smith of 5 Newton Terrace Hebburn. He enlisted in Jarrow first served in France on the 17th of Feburary 1915. John is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Pte. John William Smith
British Army 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:62 Ashworth Street, Burnley, Lancashire.
(d.9th Apr 1916)
John William Smith served with the 6th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment during WW1 and was killed in action on the 9th April 1916. He is commemorated onthe Basra War Memorial in Iraq.
Pte. John William Smith
British Army 9th Btn. Cameronian Highlanders (Scottish Rifles)
from:England
(d.8th July 1918)
John Smith died of wounds as a Prisoner of War 8th July 1918. He is buried in Hamburg Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Germany. He was born in Accrington, and enlisted in Burnley, Lancashire
Pte. John Duncan Smith
British Army 5th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Lochore, Fife
(d.4th June 1917)
John Smith was killed in action on the 4th of June 1917, aged 26 and buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. He was the son of John and Christina Smith of Lochore, Fife
Pte. John William Smith
British Army 9th Btn. Cameronian Highlanders (Scottish Rifles)
from:Lancashire
(d.8th July 1918)
John William Smith Died of Wounds as a Prisoner of War on 8th July 1918. Buried in the Hamburg Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Germany, he was born in Accrington and had enlisted in Burnley, Lancashire.
Pte. John William Smith
British Army 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley, Lancashire
(d.9th Apr 1916)
John Smith lived at 62 Ashworth Street, Burnley, Lancashire. He died 9th April 1916 and is commemorated on the Basra War Memorial in Iraq.
Pte. John Smith MM
British Army 2nd Btn. Black Watch
from:Kirkcaldy, Fife
John Smith was awarded a Military Medal in Mesopotamia, he was a career soldier not a conscript and survived the war.
Pte. John Smith
British Army 20th (Blackheath & Woolwich) Btn. London Regiment
from:Twickenham
(d.21st Aug 1917)
When John Smith came home on leave, which I think was for just two days, his mother (my grandmother) told me that when John was about to go back to his regiment he said to her, `Do not expect to see me again'. She watched him walk down the road and round the bend out of sight. She did not see him again as he was killed on the 21st August 1917, which I think was most likely the Third battle of Ypres. He was 25 years old and I think this does highlight just what soldiers thought about their chance of survival. Very sad.
Pte. John Smith
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
John Smith was wounded in 1916. After recovering he was transferred to the Royal Fusiliers
Pte. John G. Smith
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
John Smith enlisted in 1914
Pte. John Smith
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
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