Name
Aubrey Smith (*1)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/05/1917
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/20671
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
11th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 7.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Printers Memorial, Watford, Sun Engraving Company Memorial, Watford
Pre War
Son of Elizabeth (nee WOODLEY) and the late Charles SMITH.
His parents married 2 March 1890 at St James the Great, Hackney. Charles died 1913 aged 45; Elizabeth died 1932 aged 68; both in the Hackney district.
Aubrey was born 27 December 1892 in Hackney, and baptised 5 February 1893 at St Matthew’s, Upper Clapton, Middx. He resided in Clapton Park.
On the 1901 Census, aged 8 he lived in Hackney, with his parents and three siblings. On the 1911 Census, a printer’s labourer aged 18, he lived in Upper Clapton, with his parents and three siblings.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Hackney, Middx; was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Aubrey’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing. *1 With common names like “A Smith”, if no other (or insufficient) information accompanies the memorial entry, such and regiment or date of death, then it is difficult to be certain that we have identified the correct man for the name appearing, if and when further information is found or provided, this entry may be amended.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
