Back to search results

Trooper ERNEST SMEDLEY

Service Number: 4982872
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

163rd (13th Bn. The Sherwood Foresters [Notts. and Derby Regt.]) Regt.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY

8. H. 2.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Erencer and Alice Smedley; husband of Florence Vera Smedley, of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH IS BUT THE GATEWAY TO THE GREAT REALITY; I KNOW WE SHALL MEET AGAIN

Can you tell us more?

Tell us about ERNEST SMEDLEY by submitting their story to For Evermore. For Evermore: Stories of the Fallen is a community-driven archive of stories of men and women we commemorate.
Submit a story Discover more stories
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

Got a story to share? Upload it and preserve their memory for generations to come.

Share and read stories
Download certificate

From the CWGC Archives

Grave Registration (2)

Grave Registration Documents - Registers
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Grave Registration Documents - Graves Registration Reports (Finals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Concentration (4)

Concentration Documents - Graves Concentration Reports
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Concentration Documents - Graves Concentration Reports
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Concentration Documents - Graves Concentration Reports
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)
Concentration Documents - Graves Concentration Reports
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Headstone (1)

Headstone Documents - Headstone Schedules (Originals)
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Buried or commemorated at

IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1603
View cemetery details