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Surname: SMITH
Forename(s): Frank
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 266753
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 'B' Coy 2/4th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1918-09-12
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. E. 30.
CWGC Cemetery: HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Frank Smith was the son of William and Elizabeth Smith, formerly or née Tyson and brother of Private John William Smith [266752] (q.v.). Their father was born at Skipton, Yorkshire and mother at Newcastle, Northumberland.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 10, Castle Street - Frank Smith, aged 4 years, born Skipton, son of Wiiliam and Elizabeth Smith.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 10, Castle Street - Frank Smith, aged 14 years, born, Skipton, stepson of Mrs. A. [Annie] Smith.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Frank Smith, 266753, West Riding Regiment.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
SMITH, Frank, 1918. [Additional]
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Private Frank SMITH
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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08 November 1918
SMITH – September 10th, 1918, killed in action, aged 21, Private Frank Smith, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (19 Neville Street, Skipton), eldest son of the late William and Elizabeth Smith, 10 Castle Street, Skipton.
“He laid down his life for his King and country.”
08 November 1918
Private Frank Smith, Skipton
Official news was received by his stepmother at 19 Neville Street, Skipton, on Tuesday, of the death in action of Private Frank Smith, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, eldest son of the late Mr. William Smith, of 10 Castle Street, Skipton. Deceased, who was 21 years of age, first went to France in February, 1916, and returned to the Front in April last after suffering from trench feet. He formerly worked for Mr. Wilkinson, farmer, Snaygill.
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08 November 1918
SMITH (19, Neville Street) – Sept. 10th, 1918, killed in action, aged 21, Pte. Frank Smith, Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, eldest son of the late William and Elizabeth Smith, 10, Castle Street, Skipton.
He laid down his life for his King and Country.
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