BORN HULL 1888. DRYPOOL. SON OF THE LATE JAMES SMITH & MARGARET ANN SMITH, OF 11, MERRICK STREET, EAST HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 16/01/1915. SERVED WITH THE 1ST SUFFOLK REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 08/05/1915, AGED 27.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, AT YPRES.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MARRIED SISTERS, MARGARET A. HARRISON, LAVINIA TROWEL, ALICE M BELL, AND FLORENCE G. LAVERACK. ALSO TO HIS BROTHERS, GEORGE AND JAMES SMITH AND HIS NEICE, MISS ROSEL DUNN.
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
6647
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/05/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
27
