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Surname: SMITH
Forename(s): Reginald
Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire
Service No: 129946
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Battalion / Unit: 18th Battalion
Division: 18th (Eastern) Division
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1918-10-27
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: S. III. E. 8.
CWGC Cemetery: ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Reginald Smith (born 17 August 1898) was the son of Alfred and Bertha Smith, née Brooke. Both parents were born at Leeds, Yorkshire.
1901 Leeds, Yorkshire Census: 3, Moseley Place - Reginald Smith, aged 2 years, born Leeds, son of Alf and Bertha Smith.
1911 Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: 4, Walton Street - Reginald Smith, aged 12 years, born Leeds, Yorkshire, son of Alfred and Bertha Smith.
The British Army Service Record for Reginald Smith exists but may be incomplete.
Early in 1918 Machine Gun Battalions were formed. This was done by bringing 4 Machine Gun Companies together to form a battalion. The battalion then took the number of their Division.
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, Gunner Reginald, aged 20, R.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Smith, of Holme Bridge, Sutton, died from pneumonia Oct. 27, 1918.
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Private Reginald SMITH
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 18th (Eastern) Division
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08 November 1918
SUTTON – Died in Hospital
Private Reginald Smith, of Holmfield, Sutton, has died in hospital in France from an attack of pneumonia. He is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith. His father had served with the Forces for a considerable time, but is now back in civil life again.
22 November 1918
SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN – The Late Private Reginald Smith
The accompanying photograph is that of Private Reginald Smith, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Smith, of Holmfield, Sutton, who died in France from an attack of pneumonia, as reported in the ‘Herald’ on November 8th.
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08 November 1918
Sutton Soldier Victim to Influenza
Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Smith, of Holme Bridge, Sutton, have received information that their only son, Gunner Reg. Smith. had died in the Australian Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, from pneumonia, following a severe attack of influenza, on Oct. 27th. Gunner Smith, who was 20 years of age, joined the army in February, 1917, and went out to France on Easter Saturday. His last letter (written by a friend and signed ‘Reg.’) states that he was improving and they need not worry about him. This was followed by a letter from the nurse, stating that he had passed away and that there had been little hope of recovery from the first; he had received every comfort they at the hospital could give; he is buried in the St. Lever [Sever] Military Cemetery, Rouen. Prior to joining the forces he was employed at Messrs. Tom Bairstow’s as a twister. Deceased’s father, Mr. Alf. Smith, joined the Labour Battalion early in the war. He was in the retirement from Gallipoli, and was also in the great push back in March last. He went through some very thrilling and trying experiences. He was invalided home to Warrington (Lord Derby’s Hospital). He has since been discharged and is now employed at Spring Field, Sutton.
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