BORN BELCHAMP ST PAULS, ESSEX 1877. SON OF HERBERT SMITH, OF CLARE, SUFFOLK.
HE MARRIED LILY MARY AGER PLUM, AT BIRDBROOK, ANLABY, ON 09/04/1905. WORKED AS A GAME KEEPER, AT WEST ELLA GRANGE, ANLABY. DESCRIBED IN HIS ARMY RECORDS AS 5 FOOT, 5.75 INCHES TALL, 139 LBS WEIGHT, 37 INCH CHEST, ‘GOOD’ PHYSIQUE, REQUIRING DENTAL TREATMENT, SCAR ON RIGHT KNEE. OVERLAPPING TOE ON RIGHT FOOT.
HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY ON 22/09/1916, AGED 39. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 33050, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT DEPOT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 13TH AND 25TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY WORKS BATTALION, ON 02/10/1916. DIED AT READING WAR HOSPITAL, SECTION NO:5, OF A CEREBRAL HAEMORRHAGE, ON 08/10/1916, AGED 39 YEARS AND 9 MONTHS. BURIED OVINGTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD, ESSEX, UK
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, LILY MARY AGER PLUM, (BORN 10/10/1878). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, EDITH DORIS SMITH (BORN 14/03/1906) AND JOHN WILFRED SMITH (BORN 10/11/1908). THEY WERE AWARDED A WEEKLY PENSION, ON 22 SHILLINGS AND 11 PENCE, ON THE 09/04/1917. THEY MOVED TO 25/29 NILE STREET, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS)
