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Private JOSHUA SMITH

Service Number: 2196053
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Pioneer Corps

Aux. Mil.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1940

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. HILAIRE-DE-RIEZ COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joshua and Mary Jane Smith; husband of Annie Smith, of Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND, NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. HILAIRE-DE-RIEZ COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Vendee France
Number of casualties: 9
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