Name
Arthur Smith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/10/1917
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
242827
East Lancashire Regiment
2nd/5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 77 to 79 and 163A.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Diocese - Book of Remembrance, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans,
Diocese of St Albans - ROH, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans,
Not on the Ware memorials (*1)
Pre War
Born in 1892 in Burnley, Lancashire son of Henry and Elizabeth Smith (later Mrs. Ashton of 85 Lyndhurst Road, Burnley). Husband of Amy Barker (formerly Smith) of 9 Collett Road, Ware, Herts.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Burnley. Formerly 1st/5th Bn. and was killed in action in Belgium.
Additional Information
*1 The St Albans Cathedral Diocese records confirm a connection to the parish of Ware, although he is not listed on the memorials.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
