BORN HULL 1884. SON OF ARTHUR FRANCIS SMITH (1853-1909) & MARY ANN ROGERS (1859-1910). HE MARRIED AT WEST HAM ON CHRISTMAS DAY, 1906. HIS WIFE LOUISA EMILY GRANGER (1882-1976) AND FOUR CHILDREN LIVED AT, 54 BERNARD ROAD, CUSTOM HOUSE, LONDON. EMPLOYED AS A COPPERSMITH’S LABOURER (1911 CENSUS). HE ENLISTED AT CANNING TOWN, ESSEX. SERVED WITH THE 13TH ESSEX REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/04/1917, AGED 33.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
First name:
JOHN GEORGE
Regiment:
Military Number:
18656
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
28/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
33
