Able Seaman WILLIAM EDWIN HAWES SMITH
Service Number: J/5713
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Navy
H.M.S. "Defence."
Date of Death
Died 31 May 1916
Age 23 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Additional Info Son of Sidney Albert and Alice Mary Smith, of "The Elms," Worcester Rd., Ledbury, Herefordshire. Native of Colchester. One of a family of six brothers and one sister, all of whom served in the Great War.
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