Private 10698 John Corbett Smith                                                                                                                               

Regiment & Unit

10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Enlisted On/At

18 Jan 1915 at Stratford on Avon

Former Regiment

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Details & Age at Death

Died of Wounds, Sunday, October 10, 1915 aged 42

Medals

1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

n/a

Theatre

France & Flanders

Action/Battle

Battle of Loos

Place of Death

No 54 (1st/2nd London) Casualty Clearing Station, Merville

 CWGC Grave/Memorial

Merville Communal Cemetery

SWFHS Memorial(s)

Bidford on Avon

Other Memorial(s)

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Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

On 9 Oct 1915 John and two others suffered gun shot wounds on an otherwise quiet day, so all were most likely shot by snipers. John was shot in the head. The war diary says he died in the ambulance but CWGC records say he died the next day in the 54th Casualty Clearing Station.

Family & Personal History                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Birth Date & Place

Jan Qtr 1873 - Bidford on Avon

Baptism Date & Place

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Parents

Thomas Vardy & Sophia Smith

of  Bidford on Avon

Wife & Marriage

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Children

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Address History

  • 1915: Tower Hill, Bidford on Avon

School(s), Colleges & University

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Occupation(s)

1914: Gardener

Other Information

 

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