Difference between revisions of "Smith Edward Cpl 4468357"
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|Joined Brigade=Date not yet known. | |Joined Brigade=Date not yet known. | ||
|Promotions=None known beyond Corporal. | |Promotions=None known beyond Corporal. | ||
| − | |Task or | + | |Task or role=Probably Rifle Section Commander. |
| + | |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. | ||
|Home address=Resident of Middlesbrough. Son of William Herbert and Elizabeth Ann Smith, Middlesbrough. | |Home address=Resident of Middlesbrough. Son of William Herbert and Elizabeth Ann Smith, Middlesbrough. | ||
Revision as of 09:59, 29 November 2025
Personnel Entry
Name Smith Edward
Army number 4468357
Rank Corporal.
Decorations
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.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Probably Rifle Section Commander.
Joined Brigade Date not yet known.
Promotions None known beyond Corporal.
Wounded No wounds known, other than the injuries which caused his death.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
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.
Source table 10DLI
