BORN HULL 1897. SON OF WILLIAM SMITH (1856-1942) & ANN SUSANNAH THIRSBY (1859-1925), OF 134, DURHAM STREET, HULL AND 128 SEVERN STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. ENLISTED HULL. KILLED IN ACTION ON 28/04/1917, AGED 20. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY PENSION WENT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM.
LISTED IN IRELAND’S CASUALTIES. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS ELDER BROTHER, RALPH THIRSBY SMITH, SERVED AS 11589, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT
First name:
MAURICE VICTOR
Military Number:
235148
Rank:
Private
Date Died
28/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
