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Major ERNEST JOHN SMITH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 December 1915

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VII. A. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick William and Annie Smith, of Bradford; husband of Matilda Smith, of 33, Priory Glen, Wakefield Rd., Pontefract, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE WHAT GRANDER SACRIFICE?
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Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1290
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