Name
Bertie Francis Smith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/04/1919
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
204404
Wiltshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CITY OF PARIS CEMETERY, PANTIN
6. 21. 5.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial, Hertford Baptist Church, All Saints Church Memorial, Hertford, Not on the Bengeo memorials, Not on the Welwyn memorials
Pre War
Born in 1891 in Sherrards, Welwyn, Hertfordshire son of Charles and Emma Louisa Smith living in 31 Talbot Street, Hertford in 1901 and 1 Talbot Street, Hertford in 1911 and later of "Lea View," Ware R.D., Hertford; husband of Daisy M. Smith of 9 Parkhurst Road, Bengeo, Herts.
He was an upholsterer and cabinet maker.
Wartime Service
Transferred to (510321), 885th Area Employment Coy. Labour Corps
Additional Information
Brother of Private Leonard Benjamin Smith who died on 11 Jul 1917 in Basra and is also commemorated on these memorials.
Bert and his brother Leonard are also commemorated on an additional stone vase holder on a grave (prob family) in Hertford (All Saints) Churchyard. Their inscription reads:
MY DEARLY LOVED BROTHERS LEONARD AND BERT SMITH, KILLED IN ACTION 1917 - 1918
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
