SMITH Henry

  • First Name(s):
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    SMITH
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Corps:
    Imperial Yeomanry
  • Regiment:
    Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    1st January 1917
  • Age At Death:
    38
  • Cause of Death:
    Drowned
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Suda Bay War Cemetery, Greece, Grave XI. B. 13.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Mabel Esther Smith, of Oaklands, Ledbury, Herefordshire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

SMITH Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Evesham Rowing Club
Evesham War Memorial
Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars with the information: 2nd Lieut.
Evesham Rowing Club with the information: Worc. Yeo.
Possibly on Worcester Masonic Hall with the information: Jan 1917.

Further Information About SMITH Henry

Second Lieutenant H. Smith 1st/1st Worcester Yeomanry, 13th Draft, Details, embarked at Southampton 20th December 1916 for service with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, disembarked at Marseilles, France on 28th December 1916. Drowned ex Ivernia 1st January 1917.

Source for additional information: The Yeomanry Cavalry of Worcestershire 1914 – 1922.

Medal Roll Index Card:
Worcester Yeomanry Sergeant 2829
Worcester Yeomanry 2nd Lieutenant
Commissioned 28th July 1916
Died 1st January 1917 – Drowned
Awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal

The following information has been researched and transcribed by Mark Dewdney:
At 10.12am on 1st January the Ivernia was torpedoed by the German submarine U47 fifty eight miles south-east off Cape Matapan in Greece. Within one hour the ship sank; the survivors were landed at Suda Bay in Crete. Thirty six crew members and eighty four troops were killed.

A photograph of Lieutenant H. Smith of Evesham can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 20th January 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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