South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Mazargues War Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 24 June 1917 in France | ~ | Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial |
| Warwick St. Nicholas | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | |
| Died of a cerebral haemmorrhage | 11 Dec 1915 at Warwick | |
| Place of Death | Date and Place Mobilised | Previous Regiments or Units |
| Marseilles | 12 Oct 1916 at Warwick | |
Circumstances of Death
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John is listed as having died on 26 Jun 1917. The following is a precis of events taken from newspaper cuttings and his service record. On the 24th June 1917 John left his Garrison in England to travel to Malta, via Marsailles, to join his Battalion. Two days later, 26 Jun 1917, he was on a train travelling to Marsailles when was taken from the train to a hospital in Orange, France where he died the same day from a cerebral haemmorrhage which were incurred whilst aboard a troopship travelling between Marseilles and Malta. John was buried near the hospital in the Orange Communal Cemetery but on 18th April 1952 his remains were exhumed and moved to the Mazargues Military Cemetery in Marsailles. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Parents Names | Abode |
| George and Lucy Smith | Castle Arms, 2 Smith Street, Warwick |
| Wife and Marriage Details | Children |
| Winifred Caroline Smith nee Phipps | George Ronald born 21 May 1915 |
| 10 Sep 1914 at Stratford on Avon | |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1885 - | 1891 - Scholar |
| 1891 - The Railway Inn, 148 Great Frances St, Aston | 1901 - Coal Merchants Clerk |
| 1901 - 226 St Andrews Road, Aston | 1911 - Licensed Victualler |
| 1911 - Castle Arms, 2 Smith Street, Warwick | 1914 - Licensed Victualler |
| 1914 - Castle Arms, 2 Smith Street, Warwick | |
| 1917 - 14 Ely Street, Stratford on Avon (wife & child) | |
