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Serjeant ELLIS SMETHURST

Service Number: 855
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 December 1915

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PENDLEBURY (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD

Spec. Memorial.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Miriam Smethurst; husband of Mary Elizabeth Smethurst, of 4, Bourne Avenue, Worsley Rd., Swinton. Born at Pendlebury.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

PENDLEBURY (CHRIST CHURCH) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 10
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