The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H W J Smith

Private Horace William John SMITH, G/19617, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 27th September 1918.

Born Derby, son of Thomas Smith.

25th January 1910, Derby Register Office, married Agnes Gertrude Price, spinster.

1911 Census - 10 Yates Street, Derby - Horace Frederick John Smith, head, age 23, married, house painter, worker, born Derby; Agnes Gertrude Smith, wife, age 27, married 1 year, no children, born Hilton, Derbyshire.

Children - William Lawrence Frederick Smith, born 6th January 1912; 6th January 1912, St Thomas, Derby, baptism of William Lawrence Frederick Smith, son of Horace Frederick John (house painter) & Agnes Gertrude Smith, 10 Yates Street, Derby; Reginald George Smith, born 22nd August 1913, Birkhead, Cheshire; Frederick William Smith, born 7th September 1915, 15 Moor Street, Derby; 29th September 1915, Normanton by Derby, baptism of Frederick William Smith, son of Horace Frederick John (painter & decorator) & Agnes Gertrude Smith, 69 Wallbrook Road, Derby.

Enlisted Derby, age 28 years & 3 months, height 5ft 3 inches. Resided 48 Moor Street, Derby / 13 Ludgate Road, Tutbury, Burton on Trent. Formerly house painter.

Home 10th December 1915 to 2nd July 1917; BEF 3rd July 1917 to 9th August 1918; Leave to UK, 10th August 1918 to 23rd August 1918; BEF 24th August 1918 to 27th September 1918.

10th December 1915, enlisted; 11th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 14th August 1916, mobilized; 14th August 1916, posted Infantry Works Company, West Yorkshire Regiment, Service No.41206; 3rd December 1916, absent from work all day, admonished, forfeits 1 days pay; 3rd July 1917, posted BEF & 3rd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, Service No.58832; 4th July 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 4th July 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 5th July 1917, 35 Infantry Base Depot, posted 20th (Works) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry; 21st July 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st July 1917, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd July 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 14th November 1917, proceeded to Italy; 25th February 1918, 24 Casualty Clearing Station, JCT thigh; 1st March 1918, 66 General Hospital, JCT thigh; 14th March 1918, Italy 62 General Hospital, JCT thigh; 19th March 1918, evacuated to France; 20th March 1918, Marseilles, 81 General Hospital, abscess thigh; 27th March 1918, Marseilles, 16 Convalescent Depot, JCT thigh; 6th May 1918, Stationary Hospital, P.U.O.; 14th May 1918, France to 16 Convalescent Camp, Italy; 15th May 1918, Marseilles, 16 Convalescent Depot; 28th July 1918, Etaples, Infantry Base Depot "J"; 1st August 1918, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th August 1918, joined Battalion, In the Field; 10th August 1918 to 23rd August 1918, Leave to UK; 27th September 1918, killed in action.

13th April 1919, date Separation Allowance of 29/- a week, payable to wife will cease.

14th May 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Agnes Gertrude Smith, 13 Ludgate Road, Tutbury; Children - Reginald George Smith, born 22nd August, 13 Ludgate Road, Tutbury; Frederick William Smith, born 7th September, 13 Ludgate Road, Tutbury; Father, Thomas Smith, 57 Wallbrook Road, Derby; Brothers - William Smith, age 31, 25 Ashbourne Road, Buxton?; Sidney Smith, age 23, 57 Wallbrook Road, Derby; Sisters - Polly Wildgoose, age 34, 11 Nelson Street, Derby; ????? Tate?, age 31, 57 Wallbrook Road, Derby; Evelyn Yelland, age 30, 106 Conway Street, Brighton, ?????; Louise? Latemore?, age 27, 57 Wallbrook Road, Derby.

Buried at Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, II. H. 7., France.

This page was last updated on 03-Mar-2022.