BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WILLIAM & AMY SMITH, OF 7, HOLMEs STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. SON OF A JOINER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 51217 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GIN CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/09/1918, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, AMY AT THIS PENSION ADDRESS.
HE IS BURIED AT WULVERGHEM-LINDENHOEK ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS”
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S, CLIFTON STREET SCHOOL MEMORIAL.
| Name | William Smith |
|---|---|
| Death Date | 27 Sep 1918 |
| Death Place | Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | 7, Holmes Street, Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Machine Gun Corps |
| Battalion | (Infantry) |
| Regimental Number | 157182 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium |
| Comments | Formerly 51217, East Yorkshire Regiment. |
First name:
WILLIAM M.
Military Number:
157182
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/09/1918
Place died:
Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, west-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
20
7, HOLMES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
