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Gunner SAMUEL CHARLES ARTHUR SMITH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Comet."

Date of Death

Died 01 February 1915

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

V. C. 1.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Alice Smith, of Birmingham; husband of Miriam Caroline Louisa Smith, of "Eastfield," 3, Keswick Avenue, Copnor, Portsmouth. Awarded Board of Trade Silver Medal and Royal Humane Society's Bronze Medal for life saving at the wreck of SS. Delhi. Served in the Persian Gulf.
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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