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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM TRAVERS SMITH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

174th Tunnelling Coy.

Date of Death

Died 20 November 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROISILLES RAILWAY CEMETERY

I. D. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of H. Blomfield Smith, M.I.C.E., and Caroline Alice B. Smith. Born at Bridgwater, Somerset.
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Buried or commemorated at

CROISILLES RAILWAY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 208
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