Informations sur naissance

Année de naissance:
1879
Lieu de naissance:
Golcar, Yorkshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Informations générales

Profession:
Tisserand

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Force armée:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Numéro de service:
300316
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Halifax, Yorkshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Unités:
 —  Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), 1/6th Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
18/03/1918
Lieu de décès:
Judge Subsector, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Âge:
39

Cimetière

Polygon Wood Cemetery
Parcelle: /
Rangée: H
Tombe: 12

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille
Victory Medal
Médaille

Points d'intérêt 2

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Mon histoire

Wilfrid Smith was born in Golcar, a village near Huddersfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire. According to the 1911 census he lived in Huddersfield, worked as a weaver, was married to Carrie Whitwam and had two children, Winifred and Frank. By 1918 Wilfrid served in the 1/6th Regiment, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, part of the 147th Brigade, of the 49th (West Riding) Division.

In March 1918, his battalion was stationed in the Judge Subsector, on the Broodseinde Ridge. In the early hours of the 18th of March 1918, the Germans heavily shelled the frontline trenches and support lines of the battalion, after which they attempted to enter the trenches in front of “C” Company. The Germans were driven off by rifle fire. At dawn several German rifles and a cap were found in the front trench. Sixteen men were wounded and four men had been killed. Private Wilfrid Smith, 39, was killed, together with Serjeant Robert Green, 31, Private William Barrett, 21, and Private Charles Atha.

According to the battalion’s war diary they were all buried near the hamlet of Molenaarelsthoek, in the Noord Subsector, which was also held by the 147th Brigade. Wilfrid’s remains were reinterred in Polygon Wood Cemetery. The three others are remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
Sources utilisées
Barber, Stephen. Guiseley Terries: a small part in the Great War: a history of the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2018, pp. 163-165.
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/480071/smith,-wilfrid/
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Naval and Military Archive
http://www.nmarchive.com/
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The Long Long Trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/
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