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{{Personnel
|id=2228
|Surname and forenames=Smith Edward
|Army number=4468357
|Rank=Cpl
|Age=21
|Unit=10 DLI
|Died/Killed in action=28/6/1944 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of William Herbert and Elizabeth Ann Smith, Middlesbrough.
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Wounded=No wounds known, other than the injuries which caused his death.
-|Died/Killed in action=28-Jun-44.  Buried Grave IV. C. 13. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.  Headstone inscription reads - "NOTHING IN MY HAND I BRING SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING"
+|Died/Killed in action=28-Jun-44.  Initially interred alongside other casualties - possibly at the site of a Dressing Station - at Map Reference Fontenay 1/50,000 Map 7F/1 Reference 882.673.  Re-buried 6/4/1945.  Buried Grave IV. C. 13. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.  Headstone inscription reads - "NOTHING IN MY HAND I BRING SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING"
 |Home address=Resident of Middlesbrough.  Son of William Herbert and Elizabeth Ann Smith, Middlesbrough.
 |Image Name=Smith_E_4468357_10_DLI.JPG

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 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Wounded=No wounds known, other than the injuries which caused his death.
-|Died/Killed in action=28-Jun-44.  Buried Grave IV. C. 13. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
+|Died/Killed in action=28-Jun-44.  Buried Grave IV. C. 13. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.  Headstone inscription reads - "NOTHING IN MY HAND I BRING SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING"
 |Home address=Resident of Middlesbrough.  Son of William Herbert and Elizabeth Ann Smith, Middlesbrough.
 |Image Name=Smith_E_4468357_10_DLI.JPG

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 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 28/6/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.
 |Promotions=None known beyond Corporal.

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 |Army number=4468357
 |Rank=Corporal.
 |Date of birth=Born Middlesbrough 1922/23.
 |Age=21 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 28/6/1944 with 10th Bn The Durham Light Infantry.
 |Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.
 |Promotions=None known beyond Corporal.

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 |Joined Brigade=Date not yet known.
 |Promotions=None known beyond Corporal.
-|Task or Role=Probably Rifle Section Commander.
+|Task or role=Probably Rifle Section Commander.
 |Died/Killed in action=28-Jun-44.  Buried Grave IV. C. 13. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
 |Home address=Resident of Middlesbrough.  Son of William Herbert and Elizabeth Ann Smith, Middlesbrough.

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 |Died/Killed in action=28-Jun-44
 |Home address=Resident of Middlesbrough.  Son of William Herbert and Elizabeth Ann Smith, Middlesbrough.  Buried Grave IV. C. 13. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=Cpl
 |Age=21
-|Unit=10 DLI
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Iceland?, KILLED in ACTION 28/6/1944 with 10th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
-|Died/Killed in action=28/6/1944 00:00:00
+|Died/Killed in action=28-Jun-44
-|Home address=Son of William Herbert and Elizabeth Ann Smith, Middlesbrough.
+|Home address=Son of William Herbert and Elizabeth Ann Smith, Middlesbrough.  Buried Grave IV. C. 13. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}