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Pte. Thomas Smith
British Army 9th Btn Worcestershire Regiment
from:Worcester
(d.20th April 1916)
My grandfather, Thomas Smith enlisted in 9th Btn Worcestershire Regiment in 1914. In 1915 the battalion was sent to Gallipoli and fought with the British forces at Helles, in August 1915 with the ANZACS at the Battles of Sari Bair, Russell's Top, and Hill 60, and continued to see action until evacuated on 8th-9th January 1916. The battalion subsequently went to Mesopotamia - now Iraq.
My grandfather fell there on the 20th April 1916. He left a wife and five children, he was 34 years old. My family remembers him at one of the many Dawn Parades held throughout New Zealand every ANZAC Day, 25th April. As usual, my poppy will be placed on the war memorial at Browns Bay in Auckland; it overlooks the sea and you can hear the waves - it's a good place, Grandfather Tom would like it. Ironically, Browns Bay beach is about the same size as the beach where the ANZACS landed on Gallipoli. Lest we forget.
Pte. Thomas Smith
British Army 7th Btn North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Wolstanton, Newcastle under Lyme
(d.7th Jan 1916)
Thomas Smith was a 37 year old coal miner, he was married with four children. The family lived at 16 Park Avenue, West Wolstanton and attended St Margarets Church where Tom was a Chorister. Tom felt it was his duty to enlist despite his age and responsibilities. It appears he was originally rejected for military service but tried again until he was eventually accepted.
He enlisted in the 7th North Staffords on 22nd of July 1915. After a brief period of training, he was posted to his battalion which was already in Gallipoli on the 14th of November 1915. Tragically Tom only survived a mere 7 weeks before he was killed. Whilst preparations were being made for the evacuation of all the troops on the peninsula, the 7th North Staffords were in trenches which in some places were only ten to fifteen yards from Turkish trenches. On the 7th January the day before the final evacuation, the Turks unleashed a violent bombardment on the Staffords positions, follower by an infantry assault. The attack was repulsed but, as usual at heavy cost. The battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel EH Walker and 43 of his men were killed with another 106 wounded. Private Tom Smith was amongst the dead.
His body was never found and he is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, close to the spot from which the ragged but gallant remaining men of the 7th North Staffords were safely evacuated on the 9th of January, 1916.
Rflmn. Thomas Smith
British Army 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Islington, Middelsex
(d.6th Nov 1914)
Thomas Smith was born in St. Mary's London and enlisted in Barnet, Middlesex. He was killed in action on the 6th of November 1914.
Pte. Thomas Yates Smith
British Army 8th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Wishaw
Private Smith served in Gallipoli.
Gnr. Thomas Smith
British Army 15th (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Bacup
(d.19th Aug 1916)
Gunner Thomas Smith was killed in action on the 19th of August 1916.
Pte. Thomas Patrick Smith
British Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Sunderland
(d.16th May 1915)
Thomas Patrick Smith was born in 1885 in Sunderland, Co.Durham, England. Thomas was the third of the six sons of Michael and Myram (nee Wilkinson) Smith and enlisted in 1903 in the 3rd Durham Light Infantry. In the 1911 census he was serving in Nasirabad Rajputana, India. He married Eppleina Green in Sunderland in 1913. Thomas died, aged 30, on 16th May 1915 whilst serving in France and Flanders.
L/Cpl. Thomas Smith
British Army 7th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Jump, South Yorkshire
(d.20th August 1917)
According to local newspaper, Lance Corporal Thomas Smith was killed by a raider while lying wounded in hospital.
Pte. Thomas Lance Smith
British Army 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:London
(d.13th November 1916)
Thomas Smith was my great-great-grandfather's cousin (found whilst researching family tree) who died shortly before the end of the Battle of the Somme. He was 28 years old and the eldest son of Harry William Smith and Rebecca Smith (nee Simmons). He was born in 1888 in Harrow, North London, and left behind brothers, George Tookey Smith, William James Smith and sister Dorcas Rebecca Smith.
Pte. Thomas Smith
British Army 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment
from:Sunderland
(d.22nd August 1915)
Thomas Smith was my grandfather. He was 40 years old at the time of his death. He was married with seven children, the youngest of which was my father, born in May 1914. Thomas lived in Sunderland and worked as a shipyard labourer. His name, apparently, is written on the Helles Memorial. No photograph of him exists.
Pte Tom Smith
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Doncaster
Company Qtr Mstr Sjt. W. A. Smith
Army 2/8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Rflmn. W. Smith
British Army 2nd Btn. Rifle Brigade
(d.3rd Oct 1915)
Rflmn. W. Smith served with the Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 3rd October 1915 aged 37 and is buried in Sailly-sur-la-Lys Canadian Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, France.
Pte. Walter Andrew Smith
British Army 2nd Btn. Essex Regiment
from:West Ham, London
(d.10th Oct 1917)
I have recently discovered information about my Great Uncle, Walter. A. Smith who fought in the Great War. He enlisted voluntarily after the outbreak of the war into the 6th Battalion Essex Regiment and landed in Gallipoli with the 1/6th Battalion at Sulva Bay on 10/10/1915. I believe the 1/6th then left Gallipoli for Egypt in Dec 1915 to defend positions in the Sinai Desert near the Suez Canal. In 1917 He was posted to the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment and took part in the 3rd Battle of Ypres and was killed in an attack near Poelcapelle 10th October 1917 just a day after the battle commenced.
His name is on the Tyne Cot Memorial. I plan to visit there this year to pay my respects to my Great Uncle and to all of the fallen who never made it home. I sadly do not have a photograph of my Great Uncle to post, nor do I know the whereabouts of his medals that he would have received.
Sjt. Walter Ernest Smith MM & bar.
British Army 475 Field Coy Royal Engineers
(d.16th Aug 1917)
Sergeant Walter Ernest Smith MM & bar died from injuries from exploding shell on the 16th of August 1917.
Pte. Walter Smith
British Army 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wallsend
My Grandfather Walter Smith joined up in September 1914. He enlisted in the 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, 2nd September 1914 in Wallsend aged 21 years and 4 months height 5ft 4½ inches. Described as Fresh complexion, Grey eyes, with Brown Hair.
The Battalion was in action on The Somme in 1916 and the Battle of Mametz Wood.. On 4th July it began to rain. (Much has been made of the mud at Passchendaele in 1917, but soldiers who served in both areas have remarked how the mud of the Somme was by far the worst of the two.) In front of Mametz Wood lay trench systems called the Quadrangle and Wood Trench. A rain-delayed attack to capture Mametz Wood, Wood Trench and Quadrangle Trench took place at 12.45am, 5th July the 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers and 10th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers crept out of their trenches and towards the German line. From only 100 metres they leapt up and charged forward capturing the Quadrangle. 2nd Royal Irish Regiment and 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers of 7th Division's 22nd Brigade, together with 9th Northumberland Fusiliers and 10th Lancashire Fusiliers of 52nd Brigade of 17th (Northern) Division, formed the assaulting force. Quadrangle Trench and Shelter Alley were gained but the Irish were held up by uncut wire and enemy counter attack. Mametz Wood and Trench remained in German hands. Meanwhile, ground conditions were deteriorating due to heavy rain and the British right was waiting for the French, who could not be ready for the next phase until 8 July.
Walter Smith who sustained a “Blighty†a shrapnel or gunshot injury to his right arm. He was evacuated and took no further part in the battle. Due to the seriousness of his injuries Walter left the Colours on 31st October 1916. He did not return to active service and was discharged from the Army on the 28th February 1918. He was classed as no longer physically fit for War Service. Walter spent 358 days in France.
Pte Walter Smith
British Army
from:Scarborough
(d.11th Jan 1918)
Walter Smith is remembered in Dean Road Cemetery, Scarborough
Pte. Walter Alfred Smith
British Army 4th Btn. West Riding Regiment
Walter Smith was discharged on the 27th of March 1916, time expired
Pte Walter George Smith
British Army 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Lincoln
(d.11th April 1917)
Sgt. Walter Smith
British Army 3rd Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Northampton
(d.18th Oct 1914)
Walter Smith was recalled to the Colours at the outbreak of war and served with 3rd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade.
Pte. Walter Smith
British Army 9th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wallsend
Walter Smith was my Grandfather. He was a miner and enlisted 9th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers on the 2nd of September 1914 in Wallsend. According to his service book, he was aged 21 years and 4 months, height was 5ft 4½ inches. Described as having a fresh complexion, grey eyes, with brown hair.
The 9th (Northumberland Hussars) Battalion was formed at Newcastle in as part of Kitchener's Second New Army, and was assigned to the 52nd Brigade, 17th (Northern) Division at Wareham. In July 1915 it moved to the Western Front where it was to remain until the end of the war. It took part in battles with 17th Division, Battle of the Somme (1916) July 1916 Battle of Albert and August 1916 Delville Wood, 2nd to 5th of July 1916 at Fricourt
Walter took part in the battle for Mametz Wood after rejoining the Battalion from being caught in a gas attack earlier. The British Artillery began firing to cut the barbed wire defences in front of Mametz Wood. At 3pm on 3rd July, patrols were reporting that Mametz Wood was empty of German troops. This was not entirely true. 2nd Royal Irish Regiment and 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers of 7th Division's 22nd Brigade were ordered up to occupy a line on the southern edge of the wood, along with the 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers but it was not until dawn on 4th of July 1916 that they were fully in position. During the night, a detachment of 55th Landwehr was discovered in the wood by a patrol of the 2nd Royal Irish Regiment and driven off.
On 4th of July it began to rain. In front of Mametz Wood lay trench systems called the Quadrangle and Wood Trench. A rain-delayed attack to capture Mametz Wood, Wood Trench and Quadrangle Trench took place at 12.45am, 5th July the 9th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers and 10th Lancashire Fusiliers crept out of their trenches and towards the German line. From only 100 meters they charged forward capturing the Quadrangle.
During this assault Walter Smith sustained a Blighty wound to his right arm during the battle. He was evacuated from Mametz Wood and took no further part in the battle or War. Due to the seriousness of his injuries Walter did not return to active service but was kept in France working behind the lines and was discharged from the Army on the 28th of February 1918. He was classed as no longer physically fit for War Service.
Walter spent 358 days in France. He returned back to Wallsend and married Hilda and had two children, Robert and Edna. He took part in the Jarrow Marches in 1936, eventually finding employment as a cabinet maker for Swan Hunters the Shipbuilders till he died in 1958. Walter never talked about the War, it was too painful, only the friends he lost.
Gnr. Wardell Smith
British Army Bermuda Militia Artillery
(d.24th February 1916)
Gunner Smith was 18 when he died and is buried in the St. George's Military Cemetery in Bermuda, Grave 441.
Pte. Wilfred Gordon Smith
British Army 13th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Southwick
(d.17th July 1916)
2nd Lt. Wilfred Alan Smith
British Army 3rd Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:East Riding, Yorkshire
From: 2nd Lieut. W A Smith, No 10 Platoon, C Company,2nd K.O.Y.L.I. 2nd July 1916 To Adjutant 2nd K.O.Y.L.I. "I have the honour to bring before your notice the splendid and heroic work carried out by Corporal Dobson of my platoon in action on July 1 1916. Corporal Dobson organised attacking by bombing the German strong points on our left and if it had not been for the splendid and heroic work done by this gallant N.C.O. we should probably have been surrounded. He went forward in shirt sleeves and was throwing bombs from 8.30 a.m. until he was unfortunately hit in the back about 5.00 p.m. that evening by a German bomb. He died a few minutes after being hit. His loss will be felt keenly by all the platoon. He was a capable N.C.O. always cheerful and fearless and always had a cheery word of encouragement for the recruits. >This being my report, I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, W.A Smith 2/Lt. No 10 Platoon 2nd K.O.Y.L.I."
Wilfred Alan Smith was my grandfather. He survived the war, at the cost of his sight - he was war blinded before its end - and died peacefully in 1960.
Corporal Dobson was George Jones Dobson. He was twenty-eight years old when he died and is buried, on the Somme, at Blighty Valley Cemetery near where he fell.
Gnr. Wilfred Jesse Smith
British Army 2/1st North Scottish Company Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Eyensbury, Huntingdonshire
Wilfred Smith enlisted on 19th July 1916 and was discharged due to sickness on 7th March 1917 and received Silver Badge Number 145726.
Pte. Wilfred Smith
British Army 1/6th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment
from:Bradford
(d.30th Apr 1918)
Wilfred Smith was my grandma Lucy's brother and the son of William and Dorothy Smith of Bradford. He was wounded on 14th April 1918 and died 16 days later at the age of 20. He is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. I have the telegram and plaque given to my great-grandma upon his death. My grandma, who was 5 years old at the time, said that upon receiving the telegram, her mother collapsed with grief. Wilfred's cousin was also killed in the Great War.
Pte. William H. Smith
British Army 15th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Mowbray St., Nottingham
(d.16th Aug 1918)
Bombadier William Henry "Driver" Smith
The Royal Field Artillery
from:Keighely
(d.31st Dec 1915)
Driver Smith was my Great Uncle. He died aged 22 years in Flanders. I know little of him, except he worked in the family Greengrocery business prior to going to fight and he had a son, Harry born in 1914. Driver is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.
L/Cpl. William Thomas Smith
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
from:Hemel Hempstead, Herts.
(d.28th Apr 1915)
William Thomas Smith was killed on the 28th of April 1915 whilst with the 1st Battalion Royal Scots fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium. He was 27 years old, the son of Mrs. A. Smith of 4 Cemetery Hill, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. William is remembered in Ypres on the Menin Gate.
Pte. William John Thomas Smith
British Army Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Birmingham
William Smith served with the RWF in 17th Division, he was shot in left arm and also gassed.
Gnr. William Smith
British Army 41st Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery
(d.12th Mar 1917)
William Smith was born in Hebburn and enlisted in South Shields. He is buried in Dickebush New Military Cemetery Extension and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
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