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Surname: SMITH
Forename(s): James William
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 45905
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion
Division: 23rd Division
Age: 32
Date of Death: 1917-06-16
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 8 and 12.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
James William Smith was the son of William and Ann Smith, née Webster. William was born at Skipton and Ann at Sedbusk, Yorkshire.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 9, Rowland Street - James W. Smith, aged 6 years, born Skipton, son of William and Ann Smith.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 9, Rowland Street - James W. Smith, aged 16 years, born Skipton, son of William and Ann Smith.
James was married to Isabel Howie in 1910.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 56, Rowland Street - James William Smith, aged 26 years, born Skipton, husband of Isabel Smith.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte James W. Smith, 45905, Northumberland Fusiliers.
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, J.W., aged 32, 13th N.F., of Rowland Street, [Skipton], killed in action June 16, 1917.
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Private James William SMITH
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division
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13 July 1917
SMITH – Killed in action in France on the 16th June 1917, aged 32 years, Pte. J. W. Smith, Northumberland Fusiliers, eldest son of the late William and Mrs. Smith, of 9, Rowland Street, Skipton, and the dear husband of Isobel Smith, of 7, Rowland Street, Skipton. – At Rest.
21 June1918
SMITH – In dearest remembrance of a devoted husband and daddy, Private J. W. Smith, Northumberland Fusiliers, who fell on the field of battle, June 16th, 1917.
7, Rowland Street, Skipton.
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