SMITH James William Thomas

  • First Name(s):
    James 
    William 
    Thomas 
  • Surname:
    SMITH
  • Service Number:
    1191891
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    7th March 1944
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Chittagong War Cemetery, Bangladesh, Grave 1. E. 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of William and Annie Smith, of Severn Stoke, Worcestershire

Corporal James SMITH served and died in WW2.

SMITH James William Thomas Is Named On These Memorials

Severn Stoke St Denys Church
Worcestershire County Council WW2 War Memorial

Further Information About SMITH James William Thomas

Worked for the council as a labourer in the Highways and Bridges Department

Appears on the Royal Air Force casualties list for Worcestershire.

James Smith was the only son of William and Annie Smith, who lived in one of the tenements of the large timber-framed building in Church Lane on what is now the Rose and Crown green.  He had worked in a drapery store in Worcester for a time and then for the County Council.  He joined the RAF in 1940 and trained as a flight mechanic, being posted to India in July the following year.  In March 1944, while serving with No 1 Repair and Storage Unit near the Burma border he contracted malaria, followed by a sharp attack of pneumonia which proved fatal.

Source for additional information: Severn Stoke. The Parish in Wartime 1939 – 1945 by Bob Cross, 1999.

A letter from W.J.S. Davies Severn Stoke Rectory, dated 16th May 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Corporal James William Thomas Smith, RAF, be added to the county roll of honour.

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