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Lance Corporal RUFUS SMITH

Service Number: 27629
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL

8.D.8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Jane Smith: husband of Sarah Louisa Smith of, 30, Mather St., Kearsley, Lancashire.
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Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 4039
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