Private William James Smith
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Smith,
William James
Date of birth: 1890-01-08
Place of birth: London
Next of kin: George Smith, 203 Mitcham Road, Tooting London, England.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Steam Engineer
Occupation (normalized): Other Engineers
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1916-09-15
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, VIII. C. 148.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 79546
Highest Rank:
Private
(31st Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Received wounds in the advance from Pozieres to Courcelette during the Somme offensive and died from these.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 168191
LAC ID:
288284
Service file: B9123-S010
Uploader's Notes: There were many military hospitals in the Boulogne area and it is likely that this man died of wounds in one of them.
Uploader's Research notes:
Info from the war diary and attestation papers. This man is on the CWGC site.
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion B ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20