BORN HULL 1887. SON OF CHARLES SMITH & FRANCIS ALMA ALLISON, OF 10 ROSMEAD STREET, NEW BRIDGE ROAD, HULL (1911) AND 1 JUNCTION TERRACE, HUME STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). SON OF AN OIL MILL PRESSMAN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER FRANCIS. HIS FAMILY WERE EMPLOYED IN THE OIL MILLS. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILL, CAKE MOULDER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 1ST JULY 1916, AGED 28. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, AT 60 NORNABEL STREET (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS).
HIS BROTHER, ERNEST SMITH,12271, 12TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS ALSO KILLED IN ACTION. HIS OTHER JOHN ALLISON SMITH, SERVED IN THE EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, ALFRED ERNEST PEXTON, WHO LIVED WITH THE FAMILY ALSO SERVED IN THE WAR.
