Private Frank Smith, 5128
- Batt - 1/4
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 22/04/1916
- Age - 19
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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 Emma Smith. The War Diary for today records. Battn should have been relieved by 2nd Battn ROYAL IRISH RIFLES at 10.30pm but relief delayed through two of the relieving Coys losing their way. Relief finally completed about 6.00pm on the 23rd Instant.
Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. The photograph of the war memorial in Loughborough was taken in December 1924 by his sister and was sent in to us by his great-niece, D. Laporte in 2019
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Burial Place - I A 55, Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension
- Other Memorials - Loughborough Carillon, War Memorial Bell Tower
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Aubigny Com. Cem. Ext., France
- Born - Loughborough, Leics
- Enlisted - Leicester
- Place of Residence - Great Central Brickyard House, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - CARILLON TOWER MEM., LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICS
