BORN HULL SEPT 1894. SON OF SEPTIMUS SMITH (1860-1920) & ADA ARMSTRONG COOK (1870-1898). HE HAD ONE SISTER, CARRIE (1892-1974) AND ONE BROTHER, WILLIAM ARMSTRONG SMITH (1895-1952).
HE MARRIED ELIZABETH BIRKBECK (1898-1970), AT AUCKLAND, DURHAM, IN 1915. THEYLIVED AT 8, HIGH ST, CROOK, DURHAM AND 21 FRANCES STREET, CROOK, DURHAM (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
A FORMER BAKER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 33-35 INCH CHEST, 126 LBS WEIGHT, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. THEY HAD ONE SON, HAROLD (HORACE), BORN 03/05/1915.
HE ENLISTED IN DURHAM, ON 06/12/1915. SERVED WITH THE 10TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE BACK, ON 14/04/1917, AGED 23. HE IS BURIED AT WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETRY, FRANCE.
First name:
FRANK ARMSTRONG
Military Number:
32100
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/04/1917
Place died:
Warlencourt British Cemetery. Pas de Calais, France
Age:
23
8 HIGH ST, CROOK, DURHAM, COUNTY DURHAM, NORTH EAST ENGLAND, UK
