BORN HULL 25/02/1891. SECOND SON OF GEORGE HARWOOD SMITH (1858-1939) & THE LATE HARRIET MARIA GAMBLE SMITH (1857-1905), OF 17 SALTBURN STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A WOOD BOX MAKER.
HE MARRIED ELIZABETH ANN GORMAN, IN 1912. SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, AS AN ENGINEMAN, ON THE TRAWLER ‘DRAGON’. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/12/1916, AGED 26.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/12/1916 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
1952
Rank:
Engineman
Date Died
08/12/1916
Place died:
Sea
Age:
26
17 , SALTBURN STREET, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
