Name
Edward Smith (134642)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/10/1918
35
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
134642
Royal Garrison Artillery
98th Bde., attd. H.Q.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PREMONT BRITISH CEMETERY
II. A. 11.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Stanstead Abbotts Village Memorial
Pre War
Elder brother of Charles Smith, born about 1882, lived with father and 2 other brothers Harry and Fred, Edward was also a farm labourer.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in the Army and posted to 98th Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery. He may have died of illness as his records do not show him having been killed in action or died of wounds and there were a number of pneumonia cases in his unit.
Acknowledgments
Terry Collins
