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Sapper GEORGE WILLIAM SMITH

Service Number: 1566
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

491st Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY

I. C. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Emily Smith, of 11, Gladstone Cottages, Church St., Cirencester, Glos.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 366
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