Name
Jesse Smith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/09/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/8777
Royal Fusiliers
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Not yet known
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Harpenden Town Memorial, Diocese - Book of Remembrance, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Diocese of St Albans - ROH, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans
Pre War
He enlisted on 26 October 1914
Wartime Service
He was discharged as unfit for war service on 9 June 1917 and received the Silver War Badge number 210409.
He died on 24 September 1917 of 1) pulmonary tuberculosis and 2) Haemoptysis. His pension card notes that his illness was contracted while on active service.
Additional Information
Not recorded in the CWGC records.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
