The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal W Smith

Corporal William SMITH, G/8841,11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 15th September 1916.

Born Rotherhithe, SE. son of James & Louisa Smith.

1911 Census - 28 Swan Lane, Rotherhithe - James Smith, head, age 39, married, stoker, Gas Works, worker, born Lewisham, Kent; Louisa Smith, wife, age 37, married 18 years, 10 children, 9 still alive, born Whitechapel, London; Louisa Smith, daughter, age 17, single, ruler printers, general printers, worker, born Rotherhithe, London; William Smith, son, age 16, single, shop assistant, drapers, worker, born Rotherhithe, London; James Smith, son, age 15, single, shop assistant, drapers, worker, born Rotherhithe, London; Ruth Smith, daughter, age 13, school, born Rotherhithe, London; Henry Smith., son, age 11, school, born Rotherhithe, London; Alice Smith, daughter, age 10, school, born Rotherhithe, London; Hannah Smith, daughter, age 7, born Rotherhithe, London; Florence Smith, daughter, age 2, born Rotherhithe, London; Nellie Smith, daughter, age 1, born Rotherhithe, London.

Enlisted Rotherhithe, SE.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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