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William Smith

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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: February 1916
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 15267
  • Rank: Guardsman
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Scots Guards
  • Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 29
  • Date of Death: 04.09.1918
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: III.F.21.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Monifieth
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Head Gardener, William Low, Seaview, Monifieth
  • Mother:

    Janet Campbell Lawrie Smith, Taymount Cottage, Broughty Ferry

  • Father:

    Andrew Smith, 18 Well St, Monifieth, Taymount Cottage, Broughty Ferry

  • Siblings:

    Jane & John

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about William Smith

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.

William Smith   15267   Scots Guards

Broughty Guardsman’s Death.

Private William Smith, Scots Guards, son of Mr Andrew Smith, Taymount Cottage, Broughty Ferry, was severely wounded in the chest on 3rd September, and died at a casualty clearing station the following day.  He enlisted in February, 1916, and went to France in January, 1917.  In civil life he was a head gardener with Mr William Low, Seaview, Monifieth.

Dundee Courier 10th September 1918

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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