BORN NEWPORT, BROUGH, 1892. SON OF JAMES SMITH AND MARY ANN EVANS, OF 3 BALDERSON BUILDINGS, LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT BUTCHER (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED ALICE DAINTY, AT HULL, IN APRIL 1916 AND LIVED AT HER PARENTS ADDRESS, OF 9 BEATRICE AVENUE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 242287. 1/5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (TERRITORIALS). KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE SOMME, ON 14/11/1916, AGED 24.
First name:
EDWARD SMITH
Military Number:
242287
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/11/1916
Place died:
Warlencourt British Cemetery. Pas de Calais, France
Age:
24
9 BEATRICE AVENUE, LINNAEUS STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
