BORN HULL 1898. SCULCOATES PARISH. SON OF H. SMITH, OF THORNGUMBALD, EAST YORKSHIRE. HE RESIDED WITH HIS GRANDFATHER, MR J ROBINSON, AT 16 WOODBINE TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR BRAVERY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 11/04/1918, AGED 20. BURIED IN FRANCE, AT BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 16/04/1918. *
HIS BROTHER, GUNNER, E. SMITH, RFA, ALSO SERVED IN FRANCE.
First name:
SIDNEY EDWIN
Regiment:
Military Number:
201259
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/04/1918
Place died:
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
16 WOODBINE TERRACE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
