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Private WILLIAM SMITH

Service Number: 4214
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hertfordshire Regiment

1st/1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

I. A. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Fanny Smith, of 8, Litcham St., London. Native of London Colney, Herts.
  • Personal Inscription HE LOVED LIFE AND GOD GAVE HIM A LONG LIFE EVEN FOREVER AND EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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