Rifleman Z/2062 Ernest Arthur Smith
Nuneaton WW1 Memorial
Nuneaton WW1 Memorial
Rifle Brigade
Rifle Brigade
Thiepval Memorial
Thiepval Memorial
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4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade
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Killed in Action: France and Flanders, 10th May 1915, aged 27
- Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 46 - 48 and 50
- Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
- Son of Richard Henry and Sarah Ann Smith
- NNWFHS Memorials: Chilvers Coton Boys School | Nuneaton WW1 Other Regiments
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1911 Census and Family History Information
- Born Oct Qtr 1888 at Chilvers Coton
- Attended Chilvers Coton Boys School
- Lived at The Birches, Charles Steeet, Nuneaton [1911]
- Employed as a Carpenter [1911 & 1914]
- Enlisted at Atherstone 2 Sep 1914. Arrived in France 18 Mar 1915
