BORN BRANDESBURTON, HULL 1894. LIVED SOUTH CAVE. SON OF THOMAS & LATE FANNY SMITH, OF IVY TERRACE, WALKINGTON, BEVERLEY.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER AND GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 30/12/1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, IN GREATER LONDON, ON 12/05/1917, AGED 23. BURIED AT SOUTH CAVE CEMETERY.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, HENRY SMITH, 77371, 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, WAS KILLED ON, 21/03/1918, AGED 19.
BOTH ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE ROWLEY WW1 MEMORIAL, LITTLE WEIGHTON, WITH 15 MEN FROM THE VILLAGE
First name:
STAMFORD
Military Number:
15597
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
12/05/1917
Place died:
South Cave Church Cemetery, Yorkshire, UK
Age:
23
