Name
Ellis Smith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/04/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
28189
Border Regiment
11th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Barley Village Memorial, St Margaret's Church Memorial, Barley, Not on the Royston memorials (*1)
Pre War
The Soldiers Died In The Great War database records that he was born in Shapeston, Cambs, and was living in Royston, Herts when he enlisted in Bedford.
*1 Royston could have been given because it was the nearest large town or because it was the postal town for the village of Barley. More research is required to establish a connection, if any, to Royston.
Wartime Service
Formerly 6218, Middlesex Regiment.
Killed in Action
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson, Adrian Pitts
