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Serjeant EDWIN SMITH

Service Number: 781403
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"A" Bty. 311th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 31 October 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

IX. E. 22.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of David Bennett Smith and Ann Smith. Born at Arkholme, Carnforth, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription GOD REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD FORGETS
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Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1820
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