SMITH Henry Arthur

  • First Name(s):
    Henry 
    Arthur 
  • Surname:
    SMITH
  • Service Number:
    10958
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
  • Battalion:
    7th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    18th November 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, France, Grave IX. D. 25.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Redditch, Worcestershire, enlisted Stratford on Avon
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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SMITH Henry Arthur Is Named On These Memorials

Redditch St George’s Church WW1 Memorial
Redditch War Memorial

Further Information About SMITH Henry Arthur

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral with the information: 10958 The Royal West Surrey Regiment.

The following information has been researched by Jillian Coombes:
The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, Saturday 26th August 1916:
Other Local Casualties
Wounded
(10958) Private H. Smith – Queen’s Royal West Surreys

Evening Despatch, Saturday 27th October 1917:
Killed in action
Private Henry Smith (West Surreys), St George’s Road, Redditch

On the 1901 census Henry Arthur Smith aged 5, lived with his parents Arthur and Harriet and siblings at 145 Beoley Road, Redditch.  On the 1911 census Henry Arthur Smith aged 15, born in Redditch, Cycle Polisher, lived with his parents Arthur and Harriet Smith and siblings at Sandpits, The Common, Rowney Green, Alvechurch.

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