Name
William Riddell Smith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/10/1919
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Sergeant
London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
WATFORD CEMETERY
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Watford memorials (*1)
Additional Information
*1 William and Arthur Smith (believed to be brothers) are commemorated on the family headstone in Watford Cemetery, William is believed to buried there. Their inscription reads:
In Loving Memory of
ARTHUR LLOYD SMITH. M.M: B.A. L’DON. PTE. 5TH ROYAL BERKS WHO FELL IN ACTION AT CAMBRAI, FRANCE. NOV. 20TH 1917. AGED 31 YEARS.
ALSO
WILLIAM RIDDLE SMITH. B.SC. L’DON. SGT. ARTISTS RIFLES. DIED OCT. 30TH 1919. AGE 28 YEARS.
A VICTIM OF THE GREAT WAR AFTER SERVICE IN FRANCE.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
