Name
William Smith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/12/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
PO/19614
Royal Marine Light Infantry
H.M.S. St Vincent
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
SOUTH QUEENSFERRY CEMETERY
Grave 482.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Christ Church Memorial, Watford
Pre War
Son of George and the late Kate (nee VANE) SMITH.
His parents married 10 February 1883 at Holy Trinity, Wealdstone, Middx. Kate died 1910 in the Hendon, Middx, district aged 45.
William was born 23 February 1899 in Stanmore.
On the 1901 Census, aged 2 he lived in Stanmore, with his parents and four siblings. On the 1911 Census, at school aged 12, he still lived in Stanmore, with his widowed father and three siblings.
Wartime Service
He enlisted 14 August 1916: a plumber’s mate aged 17, 5’6½” tall, C of E. He was posted to the Depot, Deal, Kent, and joined H.M.S. St Vincent 19 July 1918.
He died of disease; his sister of Stanmore, Middx, was notified.
He was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, which were issued to his father.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
