The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Smith

Photograph by "Len"

Private Arthur SMITH, G/20133, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 33750, 3rd Res. Cav. Regt.), died of wounds, Flanders France, 19th April 1918, age 20.

8th February 1898, born Thorp Arch, Yorkshire, son of John William and Christiana Smith, of Thorp Arch, Boston Spa, Yorkshire.

1911 Census - Thorp Arch, Boston Spa, Yorkshire - John William Smith, head, age 43, married, blacksmith, own account, born Thorp Arch, Yorkshire; Christiana Smith, wife, age 41, married 15 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Cawood, Yorkshire; Arthur Smith, son, age 13, school, born Thorp Arch, Yorkshire; Lily Smith, daughter, age 11, school, born Thorp Arch, Yorkshire; Mary Smith, daughter, age 8, school, born Thorp Arch, Yorkshire.

Enlisted Harrogate, Yorkshire.

Buried at Aire Communal Cemetery, II. D. 29., France. Commemorated Thorp Arch War Memorial / Thorp Arch War Memorial names.

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