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 | Duisans British Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| After 1 Jan 1916 per medal card | ~ | Warwick (Eleanor Cross) War Memorial |
| Warwick St. Nicholas | ||
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Arden House School |
| Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) | August 1914 at Warwick as Officer Cadet | |
| Place of Death | Date Commissioned | Other War Memorials |
| 19th CCS, Agnes-les-Duisans | 28 Apr 1915 (Gazette) | |
Circumstances of Death
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John is listed as dying of wounds on 19 Aug 1917. The 14th Battalion war entries for the period 17th to 19th are transcribed below but in precis John was wounded by a German bullet that had been aimed at an aircraft over the lines at Willerval on 17 Aug 1917. He was the only casualty that day and he died of those wounds 2 days later at the 19 Casualty Clearing Station, Agnez-les-Duisans. Willerval - 17/8/1917: 2Lt J.B. Smith wounded by German bullet aimed at aircraft. END Farbus - 18/8/1917: The battalion is relieved by the 2/K.O.S.B's & takes over Brown Line (Reserve) from 15/R.War's. ENDS Farbus - 19/8/1917: 2Lt J.B. Smith wounded on 18-8-17 [17-8-17], died of wounds. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Atr Qtr 1894 in Kenilworth | 29 Apr 1894 at Ashow |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Albert Edward and Mabel Lucie Smith | The Quarry, Cliffe Hill, Warwick |
| Schools | Colleges |
| Arden House, Henley in Arden | Cheltenham College |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1894 - Hughendon Lodge, Kenilworth | 1901 - Scholar |
| 1901 - Station Road, Lapworth | 1911 - Solder Making Apprentice |
| 1911 - The Quarry, Cliffe Hill, Warwick | 1914 - Clerk at Budbrooke Barracks |
| 1914 - The Quarry, Cliffe Hill, Warwick | |
