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Private JOSEPH SMITH

Service Number: 241205
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY

III. G. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Smith, of The Lodge Farm, Kegworth, Derby. Born at Costock, Loughborough. Enlisted Nov., 1914.
  • Personal Inscription NOBLY HE LIVED NOBLY HE DIED PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 745
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