Name
Walter William Smith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/02/1915
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
7025
Coldstream Guards
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LINSELLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
III.A.1
France
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Weston memorials
Pre War
Born in Weston to Reuben and Sarah Jane Smith. Baptised on 1 March 1885 at Weston. 1911 Census: was already enlisted as a Private in the Coldstream Guards and living at the barracks in Aldershot. (although birthplace incorrectly listed as 'Stevenall'). His wife Louisa and son Walter Ernest lived at 101 Lower Park Road, Peckham, London at the time of his death.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in London. Died of wounds the day after the battle of Cuinchy at Lillers which was a hospital centre used by five Casualty Clearing Stations between 1914 and April 1918.
Additional Information
War gratuity of £5 granted to widow Louisa and their child Walter Ernest.
Acknowledgments
Peter Handy, Brenda Palmer
