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| SMITHIES, D [ONS has surname as SMITHERS see Casualties of War, WW1 & WW2 - refs] Corporal, 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died of disease. ›› See Yorkshire Regiment Boer War Memorial |
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| SMITHIES, Albert Born ? KiA Sunday 14 April 1918. Private 1st/4th Bn., King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Service No: 242602 Enlisted: Huddersfield Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders Memorial Reference: Panel 108 to 111 ToW: F & F |
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| SMITHIES, Arthur Born Burnley 1892 Died Wednesday 23 February 1916, age 23. Driver 1st East Lancs Bde., Royal Field Artillery Service No: 1849 Additional Information: Husband of E. Smithies, of 57, Blackburn Rd., Haslingden, Rossendale, LAN. He married Elizabeth Prescott in 1912 and the couple had 1 son and 1 daughter. His parents were William and Barbara Smithies (née Smithson) who were married at St Paul's, Burnley. Barbara died in 1910 though when William died is not known at present (though he was alive in 1901). Arthur was employed as a Cotton Weaver before the war. Buried: Burnley Cemetery, Lancashire, where he was buried on 28 Feb 1916. See Burials at Burnley Cemetery Grave: A. 14797 |
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| SMITHIES, Arthur Born Stainland, YKS 1882 KiA Wednesday 11 April 1917. Rifleman 2nd/7th Bn., West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own) Service No: 235174 Additional Information: elder s/o Thomas and Harriet Ann Smithies (née Crowther) of Stainland. He was first employed as an Assistant Machine Man Paper Maker but became a Master draper and in 1911 was working from home. Married Hannah Clegg in 1911, 1 son, 1 daughter. Arthur is believed to have died at the first battle of Boulecourt (or Bullecourt) on 11 April 1917 [from his grandson, Granville Smithies]. The battle was delayed for 24 hours by bad weather, though two battalions of the West Yorkshires had attacked on the first day. On the 11th mechanical problems with the tanks and the fact that the Germans were by then alerted to an attack meant heavy losses were incurred by the British and Australians. Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Memorial Reference: Bay 4 ››See War Graves photos (Arras) elsewhere on this site |
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| SMITHIES, Edward Born Ribchester, LAN 1877 Died Thursday 16 September 1915. Age 38. Private Royal Army Medical Corps Service No: 59341 Additional Information: s/o James and Margaret Smithies, of New House Farm, Ribchester, Preston, LAN. Edward worked on the family farm before the war. Buried: Colchester Cemetery, Essex Grave: C. 12. 2. ››Baptised at Ribchester 13 Sep 1877 ››See grave location and photo of the War Graves Plot |
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| SMITHIES, Eli Born 1885 in Sabden, LAN though army records show his birthplace as Read, LAN. KiA Sunday 16 May 1915 Rifleman 1st Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps Service No: 4387 Commemorated: Le Touret Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. The Memorial in Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoue, is one of those erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to record the names of the officers and men who fell in the Great War and whose graves are not known. Eli was buried after he was killed, but further fighting in the area meant his grave was subsequently lost. Memorial Reference: Panel 32 and 33 Additional Information: Parentage currently unknown. The 1891 census records him as "Mithies" and he was by then boarding with the Folds family at Lane Ends, Read. He does not appear in the 1901 census, as he was presumably in South Africa (see letter to wife link below). By 1911 he had returned to Read, was living at 1 Primrose Bank and working as a Cotton Weaver. He had married Margaret Jane Wolfenden in 1910. The couple had a son and daughter. ›› War Memorial in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist, Read ›› Sabden War Memorial ›› Letter to wife |
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| SMITHIES, Ernest Born Rhodes, Middleton, Manchester 1893 KiA Saturday, 12th May 1917. Age 23. Corporal 10th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers Service No: 33737 Additional Information s/o Mrs. Mary Ann Smithies (née Horrocks), of 60, Boardman Lane, Rhodes, Middleton, Manchester. Father James Smithies, a Print Works Labourer. Ernest was living with his parents in 1911 and employed as a Grocer's Assistant. Memorial: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Memorial Reference: Bay 5 ToW: F & F ›› See War Graves photos (Arras) elsewhere on this site |
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| SMITHIES, Ettie Louise [ONS indexes have Ettie L at birth and death, CWGC has Ellen L and Medals Roll at TNA has Ellie L] Born Mile End, London 1888. Died Saturday, 22nd February 1919. Age 42. Staff Nurse 3rd Southern Gen. Hosp., Territorial Nursing Service Date of entry therein: 23-4-18 Commemorative Information: Cemetery City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Manor Park, Essex Grave Reference/ Panel Number: 85. 2519 ToW: France Additional Information: d/o Arthur Horton (Norton in GRO marriage indexes) and Henrietta Mary Smithies (née Please), of 245, York Rd., West Hartlepool. By 1901 she had moved to Moss Side, Manchester and was employed as a Confectioner Baker. In 1911 Ettie was employed by the Banbury Nursing Association as a District Midwife, Health Visitor and School Nurse. |
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| SMITHIES, Frank Born Horton, Bradford 1 Jun 1895 KiA (at sea) Friday, 1st January 1915. Age 20. Private H.M.S. "Formidable", Royal Marine Light Infantry Service No: CH/17800 Additional Information: youngest s/o Charles and Edith (née Shackleton) Smithies, of 44, Rand St., Horton Road, Bradford, YKS. In 1911 he was employed as a Fitter (Engineering). Brother of Herbert Smithies and Richard Smithies (see below). Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent. This Memorial commemorates those members of the Royal Navy who had no known grave, the majority of deaths having occurred at sea where no permanent memorial could be provided. Grave Reference/Panel Number: 13. ››The Story of the Sinking of HMS Formidable |
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| SMITHIES, Fred Nationality: New Zealand KiA 12 Oct 1917, age 39 Private 1st Bn. Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Service No: 47367 Additional information: s/o Robert and Mary Smithies, of 10, Mona Square, Ashburton, Canterbury, NZ Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders Memorial Reference: N.Z. Apse, Panel 2 |
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| SMITHIES, Harry Born St. Mary's, Sheffield, YKS [1899?] KiA Friday 7 January 1916 Lance Corporal 1st Bn., Seaforth Highlanders Service No: S/10218 (Formerly 84905, R.F.A.) Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq. The Basra Memorial commemorates more than 40,500 members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the operations in Mesopotamia from the Autumn of 1914 to the end of August 1921 and whose graves are not known. Memorial: Panel 37 and 64 ToW: Persian Gulf Additional information: s/o Henry and Clara Smithies (née Richardson). Clara died in 1905. |
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| SMITHIES, Herbert Born 1885 Bradford, YKS KiA Sunday 8 November 1914 Private 2nd Bn., Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.) Service No: 8159 Resided Howick, Northumberland Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, one of four Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient Memorial Reference: Addenda Panel 58 Additional information: The eldest of three brothers to be killed in the war. They were sons of Charles and Edith (née Shackleton) Smithies of Horton, Bradford. Of the couple's 8 children, only four had survived into adulthood. Herbert, who had worked as a postman, married Lucy A Tuxworth in Bradford in 1911 and the couple had 1 daughter. Also see Frank Smithies and Richard Smithies. |
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| SMITHIES, James b. 1883 Middleton, Lancashire KiA Wednesday, 27th March 1918, aged 34. Serjeant 1st/7th Bn., Manchester Regiment Service No: 400523 Memorial: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Memorial Reference: Bay 7 Additional information: s/o James Smithies and Caroline (née Allen), 2nd wife, of Manchester, a tailor. In 1901 the family were living in Horbury, YKS and James was working as a Bricklayer's Apprentice. He returned to Lancashire and was living in Moston with his widowed sister Hannah Pollard by 1911. His circumstances had also changed as he had become an Insurance Agent.
››See War Graves photos (Arras) elsewhere on this site ››The family of James Smithies ››The 7th Battalion War Memorial is located in Whitworth Park, Oxford Road, Manchester |
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| SMITHIES, Joe Henry Born Stainland 1890 (Huddersfield in Soldiers Died) Died 23rd January 1917 (Soldiers Died records that he died, not KiA). Private 8th Bn., Yorkshire Regiment - Soldiers Died records him as 7th Battalion "Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)" Service No: 42657 Formerly 29/735, Northumberland Fus. Enlisted Halifax. Cemetery: Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Zillebeke, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (assume buried there). Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) is located 2 kilometres south-east of Ieper town centre Grave Reference/Panel Number: VII. F. 9. ToW: F & F Additional Information: s/o Ishmael and Hannah Smithies of Peel Castle, Stainland. He was employed as a Woollen Piecer in a Woollen Factory in 1911. His father was both a farmer and a Hand Loom Weaver. |
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| SMITHIES, John Lyon Born Downham, LAN 1896. Resided Downham Died Friday 7 June 1918. Age 21. Lance Corporal 549th Field Coy., Royal Engineers Service No: 434409 Additional Information: the only son of Richard and Elizabeth Smithies (née Lyon), of White House, Downham. He was a Joiner before the war. Buried: Downham (St. Leonard) Churchyard, LAN |
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| SMITHIES, Joshua Born 1894 Withnell, LAN Died 20 Apr 1917 Private 1st/7th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment Service No: 268227 Cemetery: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Grave/Memorial Reference: III. H. 3 Additional Information: youngest child of James and Margaret Smithies of Withnell Fold Farm. He worked on the farm before the war but his residence when he enlisted was recorded as Wheelton, LAN. |
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| SMITHIES, Josiah Born Crompton LAN 1884. Private Royal Army Medical Corps Died Thursday, 11th December 1919. Buried: Crompton Cemetery, LAN Grave/Memorial Reference: 10154. ›› Shaw and Crompton War Memorial Additional Information: Josiah mar Sarah Ann Gilmour in 1905 and the couple had 2 daughters. Pre War he was employed as a coal miner. In 1901 he was living with his grandparents Josiah and Nancy at Hollows Farm but ten years before that the family were at Oth Scarr. He was then recorded as Jesiah and Josiah and Nancy were recorded as being his parents. |
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| SMITHIES, Norman Wharton Born 1894 Halifax, YKS Lance Corporal Service No: 200605 1st/4th Bn., Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regt.) who died on Saturday 2 October 1920. Age 27. Additional Information: s/o Joseph and Agnes Smithies (née Wharton), of Ovenden, Halifax. Joseph had died in 1896. Before the war Norman worked as a Woollen Piecer in a Blanket Manufactory. Cemetery: Mount Zion Methodist Chapelyard, Yorkshire ››Details of the Chapel ››His gravestone. His brother Wilson is buried in the same chapel yard. |
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| SMITHIES, Richard Born Bradford, YKS 10 Jun 1891 KiA (at sea) Wednesday 31 May 1916 . Age 24 Stoker 1st Class Service No: SS/113715 H.M.S. "Defence", Royal Navy Additional Information: s/o Charles and Edith (née Shackleton) Smithies, of 44, Rand St., Gt Horton Rd, Bradford. Brother of Frank Smithies and Herbert Smithies (see above). Before the war he worked as a Machine Maker. Richard died at the Battle of Jutland. H.M.S. "Defence" - a Minotaur class first class armoured cruiser - was attempting, with other British ships, to finish off the stricken SMS Wiesbaden, shortly before the height of the battle. ›› British Losses at Jutland 31 May - 1 June 1916 Cemetery: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon Memorial Reference: 16 |
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| SMITHIES, Richard Born Burnley, LAN KiA 6th September 1917. Age 23. Private 1st/5th Bn., East Lancashire Regiment Service No: 241858 Additional Information: s/o Richard and Sarah Ellen Smithies (née Sutcliffe), of 20, Albany Terrace, Burnley. For some years after Richard was born the family had lived at 21 Keppel St and in 1911 Richard was employed as a "Reeker In" of a cotton works. Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, is NE of Ieper and one of four Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders Memorial Reference: Panel 77 to 79 and 163A ToW: F & F |
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| SMITHIES, Robert Born 1893 Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.A. KiA Sunday, 2nd July 1916. Enlisted: Accrington, Lancs Private 11th Bn., East Lancashire Regiment Service No: 15311 Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. Panel Number: Pier and Face 6 C ToW: F & F ›› Robert was one of the Accrington Pals ›› See War Graves photos (Thiepval) elsewhere on this site ›› Memorial to the Accrington Pals at Serre Additional Information: eldest child of Robert and Clara Smithies (née West) who emigrated to Massachusetts where four of their five children were born. They returned to the UK shortly before 1900 and lived in Rochdale. Robert senior had died in 1907. The family had moved to Accrington by 1911 and Robert (Robert W in the 1911 census) then worked as a Grocer's Assistant. Robert died on the second day of the Battle of the Somme. There is a Smithies Street in Fall River! |
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| SMITHIES, Samuel Born 1891 Royton, Oldham Died Thursday, 7th September 1916. Private 9th Bn., Manchester Regiment attd. 1st/7th Bn., The King's (Liverpool Regiment) Service No: 4485 Commemorated: Quarry Cemetery, Montauban, Somme, France Grave Reference/Panel Number: I. A. 2. ToW: F & F Probably commemorated St Albion's Church, Ashton-under-Lyne - Rolls of Honour to the 9th (from Manchester Regiment Memorials) Additional Information: s/o Mrs. Mary Smithies, of 552, Ashton Rd., Hathershaw, Oldham. His father was James Smithies and the family were living at 755 Oldham Road, Bardsley, Ashton-under-Lyne in 1911. Samuel then worked as a Piecer (Big Mule). |
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| SMITHIES, Samuel Born 1894 Tranmere, Birkenhead, CHS Died Sunday 3 November 1918, age 24 Sapper 436th Field Coy., Royal Engineers Service No: 446653 Additional Information: s/o Richard and Sarah Ann Smithies, of 2, Whitford Rd., Tranmere, Birkenhead. Cemetery: Ramleh (now Ramla) War Cemetery, Israel. Grave or Reference Panel Number: EE. 28. ToW: Egypt Also commemorated: ›› Cenotaph in Birkenhead (Carl's Cam) - First & Second World Wars - Birkenhead WW1 ›› The Welsh Field Company, RE memorial, Carmarthen |
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| SMITHIES, Sydney Born 1894. Census returns say he was born in Carlin How but Soldiers Died records birthplace as Skinningrove, YKS. KiA 3 September 1916 Rifleman 10th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps Service No: R/2529 Additional Information: s/o William and Helen Smithies (née Handley). Before the war Sydney worked as a Tailor's Assistant in Middlesbrough and the family lived at 272 Cannon St. Enlisted: Middlesbrough Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme Panel Number: Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B. ToW: F & F ››See War Graves photos (Thiepval) elsewhere on this site Notes: both CWGC and Soldiers Died list him as Smithers, but census returns (apart from 1901), medal rolls and birth, death, and parental marriage records show his surname to be Smithies. Also commemorated on one of the three Supplementary Panels on the Middlesbrough's War Memorial. The names on these panels were only received for inclusion after the memorial's official unveiling: ››The Western Front Association: a forum discussing The Great War 1914-18. Scroll down to see the third additional screen. There is also a photo of the memorial at the bottom of the page. You might need to be patient as there are several photos on this page. |
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| SMITHIE, Tom Born 1889 Hawkshaw, Tottington, LAN DoW Friday 8 September 1916, age 27. Private 14th Bn., Hampshire Regiment Service No: 16665 Additional Information: s/o Charles Troll[e]y and Eliza Smithie, of Hawkshaw, nr. Bury, Lancs. Charles died in 1902. Thomas lived Hawkshaw (Soldiers Died) and pre war he worked as on a Cotton Bleaching Plaiting Machine. Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Number: X. C. 11 ToW: F & F ›› See War Graves photos (Etaples) elsewhere on this site |
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| SMITHIES, Thomas Born ? KiA Friday 19 November 1915 Corporal 1st/6th Bn., West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own) Service No: 3031 Enlisted: Bradford, YKS Residence: ? Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, one of four Memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient Memorial Reference: Panel 21 ToW: F & F |
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| SMITHIES, Thomas Edward Born 1898 Goole, YKS KiA Thursday 12 September 1918. Age 19 Private 2nd/4th (T.F.) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment Service No: 357031 Additional Information: Son of John Frederick and Lucy Smithies (née Clarke), of 221, Powerscourt Rd., Portsmouth, HAM. Native of Goole. The family had also lived in Bradford. Enlisted: Portsmouth Cemetery: Lowrie Cemetery, Havrincourt, Pas de Calais, France Grave or Reference Panel Number: J. 25. ToW: F & F |
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| SMITHIES, Tom Newton Born Thornton Dale in 1889 DoW Monday 4 September 1916. Age 27 Lance Corporal "Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)", 5th Bn., Yorkshire Regiment Service No: 2678 Residence: ? Additional Information: s/o the late John and Emma Smithies (née Newton), of Thornton-le-dale, YKS. Pre-war worked as an assistant gamekeeper. Enlisted Malton. Cemetery: Forceville Communal Cemetery and Extension, Somme, France Grave: Plot 3. Row C. Grave 1. ToW: F & F Also commemorated: ››The Beck Isle Museum Great War Project Swinton Grange Roll - St Helen's Church Amoth. Wall Plaque to Fallen, All Saints, Thornton le Dale |
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| SMITHIES, Wilfred [Wilford in Soldiers Died] Born Waterhead, LAN 1894 KiA Saturday, 1st July 1916. Age 21. Private 1st Bn., King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt.) Service No: 17699 Enlisted: Oldham Additional Information: s/o John and Mary Smithies, of 14, Howard St., Waterhead, LAN. Wilfred was their only child to survive into adulthood. Pre-war he worked as a mule piecer in a Cotton Mill. Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, nr Albert, is the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme Panel Number: Pier and Face 5 D and 12 B ToW: F & F ›› See War Graves photos (Thiepval) elsewhere on this site |
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| SMITHIES, William Ashley Died Sunday 23 February 1919. Age 25 Private "X" Coy. 8th Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers Service No: 4816 Additional Information: s/o Mr. and Mrs. Smithies, of Bank Top, Great Horton, Bradford, Yorks. Buried: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Grave Number: LXXII. C. 29. ›› See War Graves photos (Etaples) elsewhere on this site Was he born Leeds and was his father Benjamin Smithies who married Elizabeth Newton? |
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| SMITHIES, Archbell Born 1919 (Bury District) and resided Manchester (A/R/H) Died 13 Jan 1944, age 24. Private 2nd Bn. The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) Service No: 3858617 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Commemorated / Buried: Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan. The cemetery contains the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who died in Japan as prisoners of war or with the occupying forces after the war. Grave/Memorial Reference: Brit. Sec. C. D. 13 Additional information: s/o Archbell and Eliza (née Binks) Smithies. Several siblings. ToW: Far East ››Yokohama War Cemetery has Roll of Honour and Cemetery site plan |
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| SMITHIES, Donald Arthur Born 1916 Died 13 March 1941 Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Sergeant 77 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Service No: 754932 Additional information: s/o Arthur and Edith Mary Smithies (née Mason), of Wilmslow, CHS. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Memorial: Runnymede Memorial. "The Air Forces Memorial at Runnymede commemorates by name over 20,000 airmen who were lost in the Second World War during operations from bases in the United Kingdom and North and Western Europe, and who have no known graves. They served in Bomber, Fighter, Coastal, Transport, Flying Training and Maintenance Commands, and came from all parts of the Commonwealth". Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 52. ›› Runnymede Memorial Also commemorated Wilmslow War Memorial and on the brass memorial in St. Bartholemew's Church ›› See Carl's Cam - First & Second World Wars, then click Cheshire, then Wilmslow both links |
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| SMITHIES, George Henry Born and resided Huddersfield (A/R/H) Private 81 Coy., Pioneer Corps Service No: 13070941 Died Wednesday, 25th November 1942, age 29. Additional Information: s/o Walter and Emily Smithies (née Cartwright), of Primrose Hill, Huddersfield. Commemorated: Bone War Cemetery , Algeria. Bone War Cemetery contains 868 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. There are also 14 non-war burials, mostly of merchant seamen whose deaths were not due to war service. The cemetery also contains one First World War burial which was transferred here from Bone Communal Cemetery. Panel Number: VI. F. 7 ToW: North Africa |
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| SMITHIES, Henry Sidney Born and Resided Darlington (A/R/H) Died Monday, 12th July 1943. Age 19. Trooper Royal Armoured Corps Service No: Service No: 14544695 Additional Information: s/o Edward and Ada Smithies (née Stainthorpe), of Croft Spa, Yorkshire. Buried: Hurworth (All Saints) Churchyard, Durham - New Churchyard Grave Reference/Panel Number: S.W. |
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| SMITHIES, Jack Born and Resided Halifax (A/R/H). Born 1920 Died Monday, 31st July 1944, age 24. Private 8th Bn., Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. Service No: 2064184 Additional Information: s/o Mr. and Mrs. S. Smithies; husband of J. L. Smithies, of Leeds, Yorkshire. Cemetery: Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France. Ranville was the first village to be liberated in France when the bridge over the Caen Canal was captured intact in the early hours of 6 June by troops of the 6th Airborne Division, who were landed nearby by parachute and glider. Grave Reference Panel Number: IA. A. 12 |
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| SMITHIES, James Born Lancashire (A/R/H) 1922 Died Monday, 29th May 1944. Age 21. Gunner 51 Bty., 69 Field Regt., The Queen's Royal Regt (West Surrey) Royal Artillery Service No: 11271262 Additional Information: s/o Arthur and Annie Smithies (née Lowe), of Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Served with the "Chindits". Cemetery: Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India Grave Panel Number: 5. C. 8 ToW: India |
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| SMITHIES, James Alfred Born 1900 Leeds (Middlesbrough in A/R/H) Died Saturday, 14th August 1943. Age 44. Serjeant 19 Workshop Coy., Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Service No: 72874 Additional Information: Residence Birkenhead (A/R/H). s/o James Charnock and Eleanor Gertrude Smithies (née Griffin). The family moved from Leeds to Bebington when JAS was a boy. Husband of Florence Smithies (née Thomas), of Prenton, Cheshire. They had married in 1930. 1 daughter. Cemetery: Tel el Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Grave Reference/ Panel Number: 4. J. 3. ToW: Middle East His name is not listed on Prenton's War Memorial ›› The Graveyards of Gallipoli - Tel el Kabir |
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| SMITHIES, John Stuart Bob Born Plymouth 1922. Resided Leeds (A/R/H) Died Monday, 10th July 1944, age 22. Lieutenant 7th, Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. Service No: 269607 Additional Information: s/o Walter Stuart Smithies and Mary Ellen Smithies (née Fitzgerald), of Roundhay, Leeds, Yorkshire. Cemetery: Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery, Calvados, France. For the most part, the men buried at Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery were killed in the fighting from the second week of July 1944, when Caen was captured, to the last week in August. Grave Panel Number: VI. B. 16 |
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| SMITHIES, Joseph Born ? 1886/7 Date of Death: 4 June 1942, age 55. Nationality: Australian Rank: Able Seaman, Australian Merchant Navy, S.S. Iron Crown (Sydney) Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Memorial: The Sydney Memorial, which stands in Sydney War Cemetery Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 9. The Iron Crown sank after being struck by a torpedo from the Japanese submarine I27. ›› Information about the Sinking of the Iron Crown (Naval Historical Society of Australia) ›› Sydney War Cemetery |
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| SMITHIES, Sydney William Born and resided Middlesbrough (A/R/H). Born 1918 Died Wednesday, 15th September 1943, age 24. Signalman Royal Corps of Signals Service No: 2325774 Cemetery: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand "The notorious Burma-Siam railway, built by Commonwealth, Dutch and American prisoners of war, was a Japanese project driven by the need for improved communications to support the large Japanese army in Burma. During its construction, approximately 13,000 prisoners of war died and were buried along the railway". This cemetery "is only a short distance from the site of the former 'Kanburi', the prisoner of war base camp through which most of the prisoners passed on their way to other camps. It was created by the Army Graves Service who transferred to it all graves along the southern section of railway, from Bangkok to Nieke. Some 300 men who died (most from a Cholera epidemic in May/June 1943) at Nieke camp were cremated and their ashes now lie in two graves in the cemetery. The names of these men are inscribed on panels in the shelter pavilion". Grave Reference/Panel Number: 2. G. 22. ›› Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, includes photographs and site plan Additional Information: s/o John and Annie Smithies (née Walker). |
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| SMITHIES, William Joseph Born and resided Liverpool (A/R/H). Born 1917. Died Tuesday, 8th May 1945, aged 27. Signalman Royal Corps of Signals attd. 11th Indian Div. Sigs., Indian Signal Corps Service No: 2335899 Cemetery: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand "The notorious Burma-Siam railway, built by Commonwealth, Dutch and American prisoners of war, was a Japanese project driven by the need for improved communications to support the large Japanese army in Burma. During its construction, approximately 13,000 prisoners of war died and were buried along the railway". This cemetery "is only a short distance from the site of the former 'Kanburi', the prisoner of war base camp through which most of the prisoners passed on their way to other camps. It was created by the Army Graves Service who transferred to it all graves along the southern section of railway, from Bangkok to Nieke". Grave Reference/ Panel Number: 8. A. 61 ›› Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, includes photographs and site plan. Additional Information: s/o William J and Mary A Smithies (née Blundell). |
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