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Captain B S SMITH-MASTERS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

I. H. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of John Ernest and Eliza Margaret Smith-Masters, of Warren Lodge, near Newbury. Native of Kidmore End, Oxon. His brother George Arthur Smith-Masters also fell.
  • Personal Inscription OBEDIENT UNTO DEATH FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY REQUIESCAT IN PACE
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Buried or commemorated at

SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1111
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