Ernest Smith (1895-1918)

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Ernest Smith

Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

SMITH, ERNEST. Private. No 29167. 2/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Huddersfield 28.8.1895. Youngest son of Mrs M. Smith, 16 Mellor's Buildings, Stoney Lane, Taylor Hill, Lockwood. Educated Lockwood Church of England Schools. Employed as a woollen piecer at Queen's Mill. Single. Wounded on one occasion. Killed in action, 17.4.1918, aged 22 years. Has no known grave. Commemorated POZIERES MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
ROH:- Emmanuel Church, Lockwood; Huddersfield Drill Hall.

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