SMITH John

  • First Name(s):
    John 
  • Surname:
    SMITH
  • Service Number:
    17875
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Gloucestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    2nd/5th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    13th January 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France, Grave III. L. 11.
  • Place of Birth:
    All Saints, Worcester, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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SMITH John Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester All Saints Church
Worcester Guildhall

Further Information About SMITH John

All Saints Parish Church Marriage Register:
25 May 1915 – Marriage of John Smith, 29, soldier in 13th(?), Dolday, father: John Smith, labourer;
to Florence Harris, 25, Dolday, father: Henry Harris, labourer

1901 Census
Court 2, Dolday
John Smith, head, age 48, Bricklayer’s labourer, born Brierley Hill
Ellen Smith, wife, age 40
John Smith, son, age 17, General labourer, born Worcester
+ 5 siblings

Awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

All Saints Parish Church War memorial minutes: “Don’t know him”.

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Credits: Parish register, war memorial minutes, census records and medal roll index cards researched and transcribed by Paul Hudson.