Gunner John Charles Smith, 149373
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- Unit - Royal Field Artillery
- Section - "D" Battery, 17th Brigade
- Date of Birth - 14/02/1895
- Died - 03/10/1917
- Age - 23
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of William and Annie Smith. Before the war he was engaged in farming, after enlistment and training he embarked for France on the 9th November 1916. He died in St. John’s Hospital, Etaples from gun shot wounds in his thigh. His Sergeant described him as “a good lad, honoured and respected by both officers and men.”
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Place of death - St Johns Hospital, Etaples
- Burial Place - Xxvii D 1a, Etaples Military Cemetery
- Birth Place - Langham
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Royal Field Artillery
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Etaples Mil. Cem., Pas de Calais, France, Grave Ref: Xxvii. D. 1a.
- Born - Oakham, Rutland
- Enlisted - 17/05/1916 In Oakham, Rutland
- Place of Residence - Langham, Rutland, England
- Memorial - BARLEYTHORPE & LANGHAM MEM., RUTLAND
