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Corporal GEORGE SMEDLEY SMITH

Service Number: 1874285
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

35 Fortress Coy.

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

2. A. 72.

Thailand

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Ornsby and Gertrude Elizabeth Smith, of Gleadless, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription "A THOUSAND AGES IN THY SIGHT ARE LIKE AN EVENING GONE." UNTIL OUR REUNION

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Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 6982
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