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Surname: SMITH
Forename(s): Ralph
Place of Birth: Cowling, Yorkshire
Service No: 267061
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/4th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 34
Date of Death: 1918-03-27
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 6.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: COWLING, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Ralph Smith was the son of James and Susannah Smith, née Hutchinson. Both parents were born at Cowling, Yorkshire.
1891 Cowling, Yorkshire Census: Garden Terrace - Ralph Smith, aged 6 years, born Cowling, son of James and Susannah Smith.
1901 Cowling, Yorkshire Census: Keighley Road - Ralph Smith, aged 16 years, born Cowling, son of James and Susannah Smith.
1911 Cowling, Yorkshire Census: 213, Keighley Road - Ralph Smith, aged 26 years, born Cowling, son of James and Susannah Smith.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Ralph Smith, 267061, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Ralph Smith, 267061, 2/4 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 27.3.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Ralph Smith, 267061, 2/4th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 27.3.18 France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - James. £17 14s. 7d.
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, Ralph, 3, Garden Terrace, [Cowling], killed in action 1918.
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Private Ralph 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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