South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription ProjectThe Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
Captain Francis Edwin SMITH - 1st Battalion, Cambridge Regiment
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Military History |
Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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France and Flanders | 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals | Warwick Cemetery |
Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
19 Feb 1915 in France | ~ | Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial |
Warwick St. Nicholas | ||
Action, Battle or Other Reason Died | Date and Place Enlisted | Warwick School |
Died of Double Pnuemonia | December 1914 in London | |
Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Other War Memorials |
Central Military Hospital, Eastbourne | Pvt 2185 Cameron Highlanders | |
Service History
- 2 Oct 1915 - Commissioned to 2nd Lt (Gazette)
- 15 Mar 1916 - Promoted to Capt (Gazette)
Circumstances of Death
Francis died of Double Pneumonia on 18 Nov 1918 at the Central Military Hospital in Eastbourne. He had suffered a serious wound in 1915 at Festubert.
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Personal & Family History |
Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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Apr Qtr 1889 in Warwick | 07 Jul 1889 at St. Mary's, Warwick |
Parents Names | Abode |
Joseph (deceased) and Frances Smith | 14 Wedgnock Green, Cape Road, Warwick |
Schools | Colleges |
Warwick School | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
Address History | Employment History |
1889 - 22 Bowling Green Street, Warwick | 1901 - Scholar |
1891 - 22 Bowling Green Street, Warwick | 1907 - Scholar at Warwick School |
1901 - 38 Coventry Road, Warwick | 1911 - Student at Cambridge |
1911 - 38 Coventry Road, Warwick | 1914 - Articled Clerk |
1914 - Compton Terrace, Highbury, London | |
- Member of Warwick School OTC
- Photograph courtesy Warwick School and Warwick War Memorial Project
- Warwick War Memorial Project Biography