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L/Cpl. · 16 Manchester Regiment

Herbert Frederick Smith

† 13/08/1917 · aged 27 · Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, III.B.26; personal inscription:"ONE OF ENGLAND'S HEROES" EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE ANNIE

Personal data

NameSmith
InitialsH.F.
Christian nameHerbert Frederick
FamilySon of Harry and Martha Ellen Smith, of Manchester; husband of Annie M. Smith, of 3, Anne St., Cheetham Hill, Manchester.

Military data

Service number7056
RankL/Cpl.
Regiment / Unit16 Manchester Regiment
Date of death
Age27
Cemetery / MemorialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, III.B.26; personal inscription:"ONE OF ENGLAND'S HEROES" EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE ANNIE

Other information

Information
Killed in action
Information 2
'The Victoria East Lamp' - Alice, Cape Province Branch. Endowed on 02.11.1927. First lit on 03.12.1927 at The Royal Albert Hall, London, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of Arthur Sivertsen, Signaller, 6th South African Infantry. Died 30.12.1917; of W.R. Thomson, Pte., 2nd South African Infantry. Killed at Messines, 11.4.1918, of Herbert Frederick Smith, Pte., 16th Battn., Manchester Regt. Died of wounds at Zillebeke (sic ?), 13.8.1917; and of Cecil Ross, South African Infantry. Killed at Delville Wood, 1916"

Sources

Source
Liber Vitae 1928