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Lance Corporal W E M SMITH

Service Number: 459379
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

447th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

III. E. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Elizabeth Smith, of 4, Shiney Row, Bedlington, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription SON OF DAVID & ELIZEBETH SMITH SHINEY ROW, BEDLINGTON THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1939
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