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Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM ALFRED SMITH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 July 1916

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 1. Row C. Grave 59.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of the late Mr. John Smith, of Gattertop, Leominster; husband of Alice Smith, of Kinnersbank, Lade Braes, St. Andrews, Fife. Late D.I., R.I.C., and Assistant Head Constable Liverpool Police.
  • Personal Inscription AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE AS CHASTENED & NOT KILLED
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