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Surname: SMITH
Forename(s): Herbert
Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire
Service No: 307542
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Coy 9th (Service) Battalion
Division: 17th (Northern) Division
Age: 40
Date of Death: 1918-05-01
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. D. 32.
CWGC Cemetery: BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Herbert Smith was the husband of Ellen Smith, née Duckworth.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 17, Back Water Street - Herbert Smith, aged 32 years, born Leeds, Yorkshire. [Herbert was boarding with Ellen Duckworth and her daughter, Ethel Maud.]
Herbert was married to Ellen Duckworth in 1916.
Herbert is listed in the Nominal Roll of the 1/6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment): Pte H. Smith.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Herbert Smith, 6/1091, 307542, W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: (1) [France]. Date of entry therein: 14.4.15.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Herbert Smith, 6/1091, 1/6 W. Rid. R. Discharged. T.E. 22.4.16.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Herbert Smith, 307542, 9th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 1.5.18 France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow and sole legatee - Ellen. £14 10s. 10d.
See also: ‘Guiseley Terriers: A Small Part in The Great War – A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment’ by Stephen Barber (2018).
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, Herbert, aged 40, West Riding Regiment, 7, Back Water Street, [Skipton], died of wounds May 1, 1918.
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L/Corporal Herbert SMITH
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division
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10 May 1918
Lance-Corporal Herbert Smith, Skipton
Lance-Corporal Herbert Smith, West Riding Regiment, whose wife and little girl live at No. 7 Back Water Street, Skipton, died on May 1st from wounds received on April 21st in the fighting on the Western Front. Forty years of age, he was mobilised with the local Territorials at the outbreak of war and went to the Front in the following April. As a time-expired man he returned home in April 1916, but signed on again in the following August. He was invalided home with trench feet, but was able to return to the Front on April 8th last, a fortnight before he was fatally wounded. A native of Harrogate he served as a Volunteer in the Boer War, and prior to the present war was a labourer in the employ of Mr. T. T. Chapman, Skipton.
02 May 1919
SMITH – In loving memory of my dear husband, Corporal Herbert Smith, who died of wounds received in action May 1st, 1918.
“Only those who have loved and lost can understand.”
From his Wife, 7 Back Water Street, Skipton.
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10 May 1918
SMITH – Died of wounds May 1st, Lance-Corpl. Herbert Smith, West Riding Regiment, husband of Mrs. Smith, of 7, Back Water Street, Skipton, aged 40.
10 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Lance-Cpl. H. Smith Dies of Wounds
Lance-Corpl. Herbert Smith, of the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, husband of Mrs. Smith, of 17, Back Water Street, Skipton, died of wounds in France on May 1st. Lance-Corpl. Smith, who was 40 years of age, enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, and went out to France in April, 1915. In April, 1916, his time expired, but he joined up again the following August. He went out to France, and carne to England with trench feet. He returned to the front on April 8th last, and had been in France less than a month when he met his death. He was formerly employed as a labourer by Mr. T. T. Chapman, builder, of Skipton. He took part in the South African campaign.
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