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Frederick Emanuel Smith

Information about birth

Year of birth:
1897
Place of birth:
Leyton, Essex, England, United Kingdom

General information

Last known residence:
165 Grove Green Rd, London, England, United Kingdom
Profession:
Rent collector
Religion:
Church of England

Army information

Country:
England, United Kingdom
Force:
British Expeditionary Force
Rank:
Private
Service number:
39520
Enlistment date:
06/11/1915
Enlistment place:
Leyton, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Units:
 —  York and Lancaster Regiment, 1st/4th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
09/10/1917
Place of death:
Fleet Cottage, 's Graventafel, Belgium
Cause of death:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Age:
20

Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery
Plot: XXI.
Row: C.
Grave: 6.

Points of interest 2

#1 Place of birth
#2 Enlistment place

Sources 4

1911 England Census (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), RG14).
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Sources used
British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), WO372).
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Sources used
McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele: The Day by Day Account (Londen: Arms & Armour Press, 2018), 118-123.
Sources used
Percy, Douglas, The 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battn., York and Lancaster Regiment, 1914-1919 (London 1926), 79-87.
Sources used

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