Smith Harry Clapham Lieutenant 262412 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 12:57, 5 March 2021

2021-03-05T12:57:12Z

70bgadmin at 14:58, 4 March 2021

2021-03-04T14:58:48Z

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	\|Army number=262412		\|Army number=262412
	\|Rank=Lieutenant.		\|Rank=Lieutenant.
	\|Decorations=		\|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
	\|Date of birth=		\|Date of birth=Birth registered April 1919, Newport, Monmouthshire. Mother's maiden surname Clapham.
	\|Age=~~(At~~ time of death).		\|Age=26 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=~~Served~~ in the Royal Artillery. Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment. Died from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident 9/4/1945.		\|Unit=Service in the ranks not yet traced. Commissioned in the Royal Artillery as a Second Lieutenant - date not yet traced. Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment. Served in North West Europe. Died from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident 9/4/1945. Official records show 10th April as the date of death.
	\|Company/Battery=		\|Company/Battery=452 Battery.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
	\|Task or role=		\|Task or role=Not yet known - possibly a Troop Commander.
	\|Joined Brigade=		\|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
	\|Promotions=		\|Promotions=War Substantive Lieutenant.
	\|Wounded=		\|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
	\|Prisoner of War=		\|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Died 9/4/1945.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died 9/4/1945 aged 26. Initially interred in Hannover (Limmer) British Cemetery - Grave 3, Row B - Map GSGs Sheet N3 1/100,000 Reference 805338. Re-buried 25/6/1947 in Grave 15. H. 6. of Hanover War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads "THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD".
	\|Home address=		\|Home address=Lived in Monmouthshire and worked as a School Teacher. Son of William Henry and Elsie Winifred Mary Smith (nee Clapham) of Risca, Monmouthshire.
	}}		}}

70bgadmin at 11:55, 10 February 2021

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	\|Age=(At time of death).		\|Age=(At time of death).
	\|Unit=Served in the Royal Artillery. Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment.		\|Unit=Served in the Royal Artillery. Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment. Died from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident 9/4/1945.
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	\|Died/Killed in action=		\|Died/Killed in action=Died 9/4/1945.
	\|Home address=		\|Home address=
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	\|Date of birth=Birth registered April 1919, Newport, Monmouthshire. Mother's maiden surname Clapham.		\|Date of birth=Birth registered April 1919, Newport, Monmouthshire. Mother's maiden surname Clapham.
	\|Age=26 at the time of his death.		\|Age=26 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Service in the ranks not yet traced. Commissioned in the Royal Artillery as a Second Lieutenant - ~~date not yet traced~~. Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment. Served in North West Europe. Died from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident ~~9/4/1945~~. Official records show 10th April as the date of death.		\|Unit=Service in the ranks not yet traced. Commissioned in the Royal Artillery as a Second Lieutenant - 30/1/1943. Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment. Served in North West Europe. Died from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident. Official records show 10th April 1945 as the date of death.
	\|Company/Battery=452 Battery.		\|Company/Battery=452 Battery.
	\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.		\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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	\|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.		\|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
	\|Promotions=War Substantive Lieutenant.		\|Promotions=War Substantive Lieutenant.
	\|Wounded=Not so far as is known.		\|Wounded=Not so far as is known, but see note below.
	\|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.		\|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Died 9/4/1945 aged 26. Initially interred in Hannover (Limmer) British Cemetery - Grave 3, Row B - Map GSGs Sheet N3 1/100,000 Reference 805338. Re-buried 25/6/1947 in Grave 15. H. 6. of Hanover War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads "THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD".		\|Died/Killed in action=Died 10/4/1945 aged 26. Initially interred in Hannover (Limmer) British Cemetery - Grave 3, Row B - Map GSGs Sheet N3 1/100,000 Reference 805338. Re-buried 25/6/1947 in Grave 15. H. 6. of Hanover War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads "THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD".
	\|Home address=Lived in Monmouthshire and worked as a School Teacher. Son of William Henry and Elsie Winifred Mary Smith (nee Clapham) of Risca, Monmouthshire.		\|Home address=Lived in Monmouthshire and worked as a School Teacher. Son of William Henry and Elsie Winifred Mary Smith (nee Clapham) of Risca, Monmouthshire.
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			It is possible, but not yet confirmed, that Lt Smith was injured on 9/4/1945 and died of his injuries on 10/4/1945. The date of the 9th comes from the Regimental History while CWGC holds 10th in its commemorative record.