BORN HULL 1882. SON OF JAMES RALPH AND SARAH SMITH. BOTH PARENTS DECEASED. BROTHERS WILLIAM & JAMES, & SISTERS, ELIZABETH, ROSE AND HARRIET.
MARRIED 16/04/1904. WIFE LILY ANN (ROBINSON) LAZENBY & THEIR FOUR CHILDREN, LIVED AT 13, LILLIES AVENUE, KENT STREET, 3, MARFLEET TERRACE, CRAVEN STREET. HULL AND 7, YORK TERRACE, BARNSLEY STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HIS CHILDREN WERE MARY, ALBERT EDWIN, SARAH ANNIE & JOHN ROBERT RALPH, BORN BETWEEN 1904-14. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN OIL SEED GRINDER AND PRESSMAN.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 30/11/1914. JOINED THE 13TH EYR, HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE 08/03/1916. WOUNDED IN FACE AND ABDOMEN, 10/08/1916 & REPATRIATED HOME. HE DIED OF WOUNDS AT THE HIGHLAND CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, AIRE, ON 15/08/1916, AGED 34.
HIS WIDOW LILY ANN, WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY PENSION, OF 22 SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE, ON 24/02/1917, FOR HERSELF AND FOUR CHILDREN, MARY, ALBERT, SARAH AND JOHN. SHE LATER MOVED AGAIN TO 7, OAKLAND AVENUE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL.
