BORN SCARBOROUGH 1887. SON OF HARRY ROBSON SMITH (1857-1923) AND SOPHIA HILDYARD THOMPSON (1859-1936), OF 15 CASTLE HILL, SCARBOROUGH. A BOOT REPAIRER (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2/5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT ETAPLES, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 31.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON THE 14/05/1918. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, LAVINIA AT 100 NORTH STREET HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS) AND THEN TO JOHN W. CRAVEN,
First name:
THOMAS KING
Military Number:
267817
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/04/1918
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
31
