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Pte. William Edwin Smith MiD.
British Army 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
My grandfather, William E Smith, served with the 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters, landing at Suvla bay on the 7th of Aug 1915. He came home on the 10th of Oct 1915 then went to France on the 28th of March 1916
He was Mentioned in Dispatches in 1916 and was discharged on the 21st of Sept 1917 as medically unfit for war service, possibly due to gas.