BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOSEPH WILLIAM SMITH AND MARY ELIZABETH SMITH, OF 159 MERSEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. WORKED AS A CORN MERCHANT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED AT ARRAS, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 27.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOSEPH WILLIAM SMITH, WHO MOVED TO 47 COLTMAN STREET, HULL WHEN HIS WIFE DIED (WAR PENSION RECORDS)
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
First name:
STANLEY VICTOR
Military Number:
242317
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
27
