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Second Lieutenant HERBERT SHAW SMITH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XVII. D. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Patrick Smith (Sheriff Substitute of Selkirkshire), and Alice Paterson, his wife, daughter of D. A. Paterson, of Dalnaglar, Perthshire.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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