Name
Percy Edwin Smith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
24/01/1919
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Able Seaman
J/18802
Royal Navy
H.M.S. “Renown”
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
WARE NEW CEMETERY
110. 1. 4.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Ware Town Memorial St Mary’s Church Memorial, Ware
Pre War
Born on 22 Jan 1897 in Erith, Kent son of Albert and Annie Rebecca Smith later of 4 Croft Road, Ware and was living in Wilstone Village, Tring in 1901 and 98 Watton Road, Ware in 1911. He was a baker’s assistant.
Wartime Service
Enlisted as a Boy on 18 Jul 1912 and became an Ordinary Seaman on 22 Jan 1915 and died at home of meningitis.
Additional Information
Son of Private Albert Edward Smith who died on 9 May 1915 and is also commemorated on these memorials and on the same gravestone.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
