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Personal data

• Name SMITH
• Initials R
• First name REUBEN
• Place of birth Addingham
• Country Yorkshire, England
• Last residence Addingham
• Family Son of Frederick and Emily Smith, of 6, Adelaide Terrace, Addingham, Ilkley; four brothers, William, J.,

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Ilkley, Yorks
• Service number 13601
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 10th Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
• Division - Brigade 69th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 23rd Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 26 August 1915;
  Wounded October 1916, shrapnel in back, thighs and hand

Death

• Type of wounds DOW in n° 2 CCS, shrapnel wounds in the left arm, left shoulder and fractured humerus.
• Date of death 11 June 1917
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XV - G - 16A

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