Name
Arthur Frederick Smith
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pirton School Memorial
Biography
Arthur appears on the School War Memorial, confirming that he attended the school. Parish records suggest only one man of this name who could have served, and he was born on July 21st 1899 to Frederick and Lizzie Smith (née Arnold). He would have been fifteen at the outbreak of war, and so it is likely that he served in the latter stages. Baptism and census records list three children: Arthur Frederick (b 1899), Eleanor Mary (b c1902) and Alice (b 1910).
The North Herts Mail of November 19th 1914 reports that a Fred Smith, almost certainly Arthur’s father, had offered himself as a recruit, but at fifty-one, was considered too old to serve.
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission
