SMITH John

  • First Name(s):
    John 
  • Surname:
    SMITH
  • Service Number:
    16214
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
  • Battalion:
    11th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    30th June 1916
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 10C 10D and 11A.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of George Smith, 74 Pedmore Rd., Lye, Stourbridge, Worcestershire

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SMITH John Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window

Further Information About SMITH John

John Smith enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters and joined the 11th Battalion.  They were sent to the 8th Division in October 1915 and spent the next six months in training and after March 1916 in preparing for the Battle of the Somme.  They were the reserve battalion for the planned attack on Ovillers but even in their rearward position they suffered casualties from German counter-battery shelling.  On the 30th June Private John Smith was killed in action.

John Smith has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.