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|Surname and forenames=Smith James
 
|Surname and forenames=Smith James
 
|Army number=2759795
 
|Army number=2759795
|Rank=Pte
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|Rank=Private.
|Age=20
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|Date of birth=Born 1919/20.
|Unit=BW, 1 TS
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|Age=20 at the time of his death.
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Black Watch 29/3/40, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish, possibly under the arrangement allowing direct recruitment to the Battalion.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 - probably at Ficheux Category "B", Authority:- CAS/BW/6.
|Home address=Son of Charles and Emily May Smith, Gateshead.
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|Joined Brigade=29/3/1940.
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|Company/Battery=A Company.
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|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.
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|Home address=Son of Charles and Emily May Smith, Gateshead.  No details yet available on initial interment.  Buried Plot 8. Row B. Grave 2. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  Headstone inscription reads : GALLANT IN LIFE, VALIANT IN DEATH.
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|Image Name=Smith_J_2759795.JPG
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|Image Title=Pte J Smith's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Latest revision as of 12:03, 15 November 2021

Personnel Entry

Pte J Smith's CWGC headstone.
Pte J Smith's CWGC headstone.

Name Smith James
Army number 2759795
Rank Private.
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1919/20.
Age 20 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Black Watch 29/3/40, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish, possibly under the arrangement allowing direct recruitment to the Battalion. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 - probably at Ficheux Category "B", Authority:- CAS/BW/6.
Company/Battery A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 29/3/1940.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.
Home address Son of Charles and Emily May Smith, Gateshead. No details yet available on initial interment. Buried Plot 8. Row B. Grave 2. BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. Headstone inscription reads : GALLANT IN LIFE, VALIANT IN DEATH.
Source table 1TS