Name
Charles Smith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
07/11/1918
33
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
38677
Essex Regiment
3rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
STANSTEAD ABBOTTS (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Stanstead Abbotts Village Memorial
Pre War
Born approximately 1886 son of Henry and Charlotte Smith. In 1911 living with widowed father elder brother and wife Emma at 6 Riverside Cottages, Stanstead Abbotts. Charles worked as a local butcher.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in 3rd Battalion Essex Regiment, this was a home-based unit based in Harwich and then in Felixtowe, providing drafts for other units. It seems unlikely that Charles served abroad. Date of death and burial at home may indicate victim of influenza epidemic.
Acknowledgments
Terry Collins
