SMITH William John

  • First Name(s):
    William 
    John 
  • Surname:
    SMITH
  • Service Number:
    240804
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/8th Battalion
  • Unit:
    D Company
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    27th August 1917
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, Panel 75 to 77.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of John and Mary Ann Smith

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SMITH William John Is Named On These Memorials

Pershore Abbey
Pershore C of E School now in Pershore Working Men’s Club

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Pershore Abbey as John W. Smith with the additional information: Worcestershire Regiment.
Pershore C of E School now in Pershore Working Men’s Club as John William Smith.

Further Information About SMITH William John

Resident and enlisted Pershore, Worcestershire.

The birth of William John Smith is registered in the September Quarter 1894 under the Pershore Registration District.

Newlands. 1st/8th Worcesters. Son of Jack Smith. Killed in action 27th August 1917.
Additional information from Pershore Parish Records, Holy Cross, Film No 216/7, available at Worcestershire Archives.

A photograph of Private W.J. Smith of Pershore can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 29th September 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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

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