Joseph Alfred SMITH | Soldier Record | Craven's Part in The Great War

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Surname: SMITH

Forename(s): Joseph Alfred

Place of Birth: Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham

Service No: 11206

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 13th (Service) Battalion

Division: 37th Division

Age: 32

Date of Death: 1917-04-28

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: B. 11.

CWGC Cemetery: CHILI TRENCH CEMETERY, GAVRELLE

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Joseph Alfred Smith was the son of Joseph and Mary Smith, née Mitchinson. Joseph, senior, was born at Lower Dunsforth, Yorkshire and Mary at Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham.

1891 Boroughbridge, Yorkshire Census: Joseph A. Smith, aged 7 years, born Stockton-on-Tees, Durham. [Joseph and his parents were living with his father's parents, William and Isabella Smith.]

1901 Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham Census: 9, Newby Terrace - Joseph A. Smith, aged 17 years, born Stockton, son of Joseph and Mary Smith.

1911 Wombwell, Yorkshire Census: 235, Hough Lane - Joseph Alfred Smith, aged 27 years, born Stockton on Tees, Durham. [Joseph was boarding with Emma Schofield, widow.]

Joseph was married to Nora Banks Linford in 1913. Nora married Raymond Tingle in 1925.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Joseph A. Smith, PS/11206, R. Fus.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Joseph Alfred Smith, PS/11206, 13 R. Fus. K. in A. 28.4.17.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Joseph Alfred Smith, PS/11206, 13th Bn. Royal Fus. Date and Place of Death: 28.4.17. In Action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow Administratrix - Nora B. £4 1s. 1d.

A short biography of Joseph is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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Private Joseph Alfred SMITH

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 37th Division

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Surname: SMITH

Forename(s): J A

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 11206

Rank: Private

Regiment: Royal Fusiliers

Unit: 13th Bn.

Age: 32

Awards:

Died Date: 28/04/1917

Additional Information: Son of the late Joseph Smith, of Stockton-on-Tees; husband of Nora Smith, of Carlton Villa, Wombwell, Barnsley. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: WITH THEM THE SEED OF WISDOM DID I SOW AND WITH MY OWN HAND LABOURED IT TO GROW AND THIS WAS ALL THE HARVEST THAT I REAP'D)

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‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (12 June 1915)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

SEDBERGH

EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE – At the meeting of this committee, held on Wednesday, Messrs. T. Dover, E. Dover, and the chairman were appointed to consider the 34 applications for the head teachership of the Sedbergh Council School, Mr. J.T. Beaumont having resigned in order to go to South Africa.

'The Kendal Mercury' (20 August 1915)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

SEDBERGH

APPOINTMENT – Mr. J. A. Smith, of Barnsley, has been appointed head teacher of Sedbergh Council School in succession to Mr. J. T. Beaumont.

‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (9 June 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

SEDBERGH – DIED OF WOUNDS

SMITH, Pte. J., Royal Fusiliers, died of wounds on April 23rd. He was head teacher of Sedbergh Council School from August, 1915 to June 1916, and greatly liked by his pupils and all who knew him.

‘The Westmorland Gazette’ (23 June 1917)

(Kindly supplied by Sedbergh & District History Society)

SEDBERGH

At a meeting of the Education Sub-Committee on Wednesday, Mr. C.E. Taylor, from the chair, said since the last meeting news had been received that Pte. J.A. Smith, of the Royal Fusiliers, had died of wounds. Mr. Smith was headmaster of the Council School, having been appointed last July. He had only been with them a short time, but had won the respect of all with whom he came in contact. He was a great favourite with the children, by whom he was not only respected but loved. Only a short time ago he paid a flying visit especially to see the children and bid them good-bye. Three masters of the school had died within a comparatively short time. He proposed a vote of condolence with Mrs. Smith in her sad loss, and they could assure her that the services of her late husband as headmaster of the Council School were highly appreciated by the Education Committee. The vote was passed in silence.

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

1918

SMITH Joseph Alfred of Council School House Sedbergh Yorkshire private Royal Fusiliers died 28 April 1917 in France Administration (with Will) Wakefield 16 April to Nora Banks Smith widow. Effects £245 7s. 4d.