Name
Arthur William Smith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
31/07/1917
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
265218
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 54 and 56.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Cheshunt Town Memorial,
Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford,
Not on the Wormley memorials,
We are not aware of any memorial in Flamstead End
Pre War
Born in 1895 in Wormley, Herts, son of Arthur Joseph and Emily Smith. Lived in 7 Oakley Terrace, Flamstead End, Herts with family on 1911 Census and worked as a nursery hand assisting his father.
Parents later lived at The Queen Eleanor public house, Waltham Cross, Herts. Enlisted at Waltham Cross on 2 September 1912 into the Hertfordshire Regiment, 1st Bn., (Territorial Force) for 4 years. He must have volunteered for overseas service.
His papers record him as living in Flamstead End when he enlisted.
Wartime Service
Embarked from Southampton in November 1914.
Suffered from abscesses, trench foot, and bronchitis and was treated in field hospitals.
Appointed provisional Lance Corporal in 5 June 1916. Served in France and Flanders.
Killed in action in the Battle of Pilkem during the Battles of Ypres when the battalion suffered heavy casualties.
Additional Information
Mother Emily received a £14 war gratuity. Formerly Hertfordshire Regiment, No. 1975
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Brenda Palmer
