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Captain WILLIAM STRAIN SMITH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANQUETIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. B. 22.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Janet Smith, of Wishaw, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

WANQUETIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 231
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