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John Leggit Smith

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Pte John Leggit Smith

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 08.04.1916
  • Place of enlistment: Hamilton, Ontario.
  • Service no: 690854
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 52nd Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 24
  • Date of Death: 29.06.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Vimy Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 03.01.1893
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 102 East Ave North, Hamilton, Ontario
  • Occupation: Weaver
  • Mother:

    Jessie Leggit Smith, 102 East Ave, North Hamilton, Ontario

  • Father:

    Francis Smith

  • Siblings:

    Francis

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about John Leggit Smith

John has no known grave but is remembered on the Vimy Memorial. He was the son of the late Pte Francis Smith 141547, of the 4th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action 19/06/1916. His father was born in Brechin, so does not appear on the Dundee Roll of Honour, he was also the brother of Pte Francis Smith, 3106714, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Garrison Regiment.

For more information on John, visit, John’s Memorial and John’s Service Record

There is a reference to John in the Dundee Peoples Journal 25/08/1917 page 8, available in Dundee Central Library

For reasons unknown John Smith is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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