Année de naissance: 1892

Lieu de naissance: Bradford, Yorkshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Profession: Magasinier

Pays: Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Force armée: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Numéro de service: 42126

Incorporation date: 20/04/1917

Incorporation nom de lieu: Halifax, Yorkshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Unités:  —  York & Lancaster Regiment, 1/5th Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Date de décès: 24/03/1918

Lieu de décès: Reutel, Beselare, Belgique

Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Âge: 26

British War Medal Médaille

Victory Medal Médaille

Private Harry Smith served in the York & Lancaster Regiment 1st/5th Battalion, part of the 148th Brigade, of the 49th (West Riding) Division. The Division had participated in the Battle of Poelcapelle on the 9th of October 1917, a phase of the Third Battle of Ypres (31 July – 10 November 1917) and was brought back to the Flanders Front in February 1918.
On 18 March 1918 the Battalion relieved the Duke of Wellington 1st/4th Battalion in the frontline at the Reutel subsector, East of Polygon Wood. The sector remained fairly quiet till the 25th of March. Most of the work done by the Battalion was on improving their trenches and positions.
Private Harry Smith was killed in action on the 24th of March 1918. He possibly fell near, or at the front lines at Reutel which was held by his Battalion. He was buried in Polygon Wood Cemetery.

1/5 Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment , (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/2805/2). https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303 Autre référence

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/480070

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=3092370c-0572-47a6-9b97-9319a5f5649b

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4106400