BORN HULL 1890 SON FRANCIS (FRANK) SMITH (1849-1932) & RACHEL BLANEY (1849-1907), OF 98,ARGYLL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD SIX SISTERS AND FOUR BROTHERS.
A HOUSE PAINTER. HE MARRIED AT ST JUDES CHURCH, HULL, ON 20/12/1914, AGED 24. HUSBAND OF ETHEL JEWITT, OF 56, ST MATTHEWS STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 47, CARRINGTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE ALSO HAD FAMILY AT 3, STRICKLAND STREET (1918 ABSENT VOTERS REGISTER).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 26548, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 24/10/1918, AGED 28. BURIED AT ST SEVER CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ETHEL SMITH.
First name:
JAMES
Military Number:
58148
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/10/1918
Place died:
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
28
98, ARGYLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
