SMITH Frank Edgar

  • First Name(s):
    Frank 
    Edgar 
  • Surname:
    SMITH
  • Service Number:
    18093
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    South Staffordshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    7th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    4th October 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, Panel 90 to 92 and 162 to 162A.
  • Place of Birth:
    Bewdley, Worcestershire, enlisted Walsall, Staffordshire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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SMITH Frank Edgar Is Named On These Memorials

Bewdley War Memorial
Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School with the information: South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 4 October 1917. Age 27.
Bewdley War Memorial with the information: Pte. S. Staff. R.

Further Information About SMITH Frank Edgar

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

Frank Smith was born on 23rd July 1890, the son of Joseph and Eliza Smith of Bewdley, Worcestershire. He entered Old Swinford Hospital on 9th June 1900 and left the school on 13th June 1906 when he was apprenticed to Mr Chas. Heath, butcher of Pensax, Worcestershire. Indentures were cancelled on 24th October 1906 owing to ill-treatment of the boy by the master.

Source for additional information: Old Foleyans Remembered Casualties of WW1 published by the Old Foleyans Association, October 1998.

Frank Smith has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Tyne Cot Memorial.

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