BORN HULL 1897. SON OF RICHARD & ELIZABETH ANN SMITH, AT 3 LIVERPOOL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A HULL CORPORATION TRAMWAY ELECTRICAL WORKER. RICHARD WAS A BRASS FINISHER AT THE ANLABY ROAD, TRAM SHEDS, FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE THE WAR.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. POSTEDTO FRANCE, 20/04/1915. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT YPRES, ON 15/05/1915, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH ANN SMITH, WHO WAS DESCRIBED AS “WHOLLY IMPAIRED”.
HIS DEATH WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 5TH JUNE 1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
LEFT BROTHER, CYRIL SMITH. HIS OTHER BROTHER FRANK, WHO SERVED IN THE SAME REGIMENT, REPORTED DICK’S DEATH, TO THE HULL DAILY MAIL, WITH RICHARD’S PHOTOGRAPH, ON 4TH JUNE 1915.
