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Captain GEOFFREY WATKINS SMITH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1916

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

III. J. 27.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Horace and Susan Eleanor Penelope Smith, of Beckenham, Kent. Fellow of New College, Oxford.
  • Personal Inscription FELLOW OF NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD 1907-1916
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Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2771
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