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  • South Shields
  • Durham, England
  • Son of Helen Jane Smith (nee Niddrie), of 23, Alderson St., South Shields, and Henry Smith; brother of George, Margaret and Gladys and half brother to John Thomas Patton.
  • Remembered on two South Shields’ memorials, the Miner’s Plaque 1914-18, in St Hilda’s Church, and the Cross 1914-19, at St Hilda’s and St Thomas churchyard

Military service

  • September 1914, South Shields
  • 14765
  • Private
  • 14th Bn. Durham Light Infantry "C" Coy.
  • to France on 11 September 1915

Death

  • Died of gunshot wounds to the head, n°17 CCS
  • 19
  • IV - D - 19

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