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Gunner WILLIAM SMITH

Service Number: 78447
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

1st/1st (Essex) Heavy Bty.

Date of Death

Died 23 May 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAROEUIL BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. E. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jemima Middleton Smith, of Police Station, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Born at Inverallochy, Rathen, Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY EVER REMEMBERED
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