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Lance Corporal RICHARD ELVIDGE SMITH

Service Number: 12/1057
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

I. G. 26.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Clayton Smith and Mary Ann Smith, of Rawmarsh, Rotherham.
  • Personal Inscription IN SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE OF A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION
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Buried or commemorated at

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