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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Herstmonceux
• Land Essex, England
• Family Son of Frederick and Clara Smith, of Lewes Rd., Lindfield, Sussex; a brother, Cecil; a sister, Gladys;
• Education Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School
• Profession Grocer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 8 February 1916
• Service number RMA/1779(S)
• Rank Gunner
• Regiment and unit Howitzer Bde. Royal Marine Artillery
• Other data related to military career To France 17 September 1916

Death

• Wounded Messines; his body was found 3 October
• Type of wounds Killed in action; shell piece penetrated the heart
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - H - 21A

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