Name
James Smith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/07/1916
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Sapper
66584
Royal Engineers
64th Field Company
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
VII. W. 9.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Stevenage Old Town Memorial
St Nicholas' Church Memorial, Stevenage Old Town
Holy Trinity Church Memorial Roll of Honour, Stevenage Old Town
Pre War
Records indicate that James was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, and that at the time of his enlistment he was living in Stevenage.
Wartime Service
James arrived in France on the 11th May 1915. His company was serving with the 9th Division on the Somme and was, at the time of his death, attached to a South African Brigade. On the 10th July 1916, during the initial stages of the great Somme battle, the Company was sent to defend a position known as Longueval Alley which was a trench running from Bernafay Wood to Trones Wood. Fighting in the area was very heavy and it is not known at what point James was killed. He is buried in the Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Somme, France.
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
