Smith Edward Cpl 4468357

Personnel Entry

Cpl E Smith's CWGC headstone.

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
Joined Brigade Date not yet known.
Promotions None known beyond Corporal.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
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