Name
Arthur George Smith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/02/1915
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
L/15213
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
3rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 94 and 56
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Goffs Oak Memorial
Cheshunt Town Memorial
Pre War
He was born in 1897in Cheshunt, the younger of two children of William and Sophia. In 1901 the family were living in Northill, Bedfordshire, where his father was a general labourer. In 1911 the family were living in Goffs Oak and he was employed as a nursery worker. He enlisted into the Middlesex Regiment at Edmonton.
Wartime Service
He went to France 9th February 1915. He was Killed in action probably during trench warfare leading up to the 2nd Battle of Ypres.
Acknowledgments
Brian Lodge
