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Serjeant W SMITH

Service Number: 8898
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XXVIII. Q. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Smith, of 22, Cemetery Rd., Church, Accrington; husband of Eva Smith, of Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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