BORN BRANDESBURTON, HULL 1899. SON OF THOMAS & LATE FANNY SMITH, OF IVY TERRACE, WALKINGTON, BEVERLEY. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS, PRIVATE, HENRY SMITH, 77371, 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY, KILLED ON 21/03/1918, AGED 19.
HIS BROTHER, STAMFORD SMITH, SERVED AS A DRIVER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY AND DIED ON 12/05/1917, AGED 23. HE IS BURIED AT SOUTH CAVE CEMETERY.
BOTH ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE ROWLEY WW1 MEMORIAL, LITTLE WEIGHTON, WITH 15 MEN FROM THE VILLAGE
First name:
HENRY
Military Number:
77371
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
POZIERES MEMORIAL, FRANCE
Age:
19
