Name
Edward Thomas Smith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/05/1917
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
14519
Bedfordshire Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ARRAS MEMORIAL
Bay 5.
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Hoddesdon and Rye Park Town Memorial, Hoddesdon, St Catherine and St Paul’s Church Memorial, Hoddesdon, St Cuthbert's Rye Park Church Memorial, Rye Park, Broxbourne C Of E Primary School Memorial, Broxbourne(*1)
Pre War
Born on 13 Nov 1897 and baptised on 16 Jan 1898 in Rye Park, Hoddesdon son of Edward Earling and Emma Elizabeth (Lewis) Smith and was living in 5 Suffolk Terrace, Rumbold Road, Rye Park in 1901 and later in 37 Rumbold Road, Rye Park.
*1 The name 'E Smith' appears on Broxbourne C Of E Primary School Memorial and so was schooled there. Obviously there are many men with the name E Smith, however with his connection to nearby Hoddesdon, this man is the most likely
t is likely that this is the man schooled at .
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford and was killed in action at the Battle of Arras attacking Cherisy.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
