BORN HULL 1887. SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM & KATE SMITH, OF 4 GREEN BANK TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 8373, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL (DCM), ON 30/06/1915, “FOR CONSPICUOUS COURAGE AND ABILITY DISPLAYED WHILE ERECTING BARB WIRE & PATROL DUTY. HAS DONE CONSISTENT GOOD WORK.”. HE WAS PROMOTED TO CORPORAL. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON THE 1ST JULY 1916, THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, AGED 29.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS BROTHER GEORGE AND SISTER IN LAW, JANE E. SMITH.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING ON THE SOMME.
First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
8373
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
29
4 GREEN BANK TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
