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AB. Horace Smith
8th (Anson) Btn and 6th (Howe) Btn Royal Naval Division
from:Wellingborough
Horace Smith, born on the 19th of October 1897, enrolled in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on the 24th of October and was posted to Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division. He was sent to France on the 22nd of November 1916 and served with Howe Battalion until 6th of February 1918 when he rejoined
Anson Battalion. He was hospitalised a number of times with scabies, gunshot wound to face and a scalded foot.
He was reported missing on the 25th of March 1918 on the Western Front and later reported as a prisoner at Wahn Limburg. He was repatriated on the 22nd of November 1918 and demobilised on the 7th of February 1919.