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Captain JACOB HARDY SMITH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. A. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret Hardy Smith, of Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription IS IT WELL WITH "THE CHILD"? IT IS WELL. IS IT WELL WITH THEE?
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 804
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