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Private W SMETHURST

Service Number: 42267
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 April 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

Signal Trench Memorial 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Cecilia Smethurst; husband of Christine Smethurst, of 15, Castor St., Belmont Rd., Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription NEVER FORGOTTEN BY WIFE AND CHILDREN AND SISTER
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Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1951
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