Commemorated:

1. Grave:Lapugnoy Military CemeteryVII. D. 1.
2. Book:The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918Pg.135
3. Memorial:The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour24C GQS
    

Awards & Titles:

 

Family :

Son of Charles James and Florence Mary Smith, of 59, Barrowgate Rd., Chiswick, London.

Service Life:

Campaigns:

Unit / Ship / Est.: 1/6 The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 

1/6th Battalion (Rifles) August 1914 : in Princes Park Barracks, Liverpool. Part of Liverpool Brigade, West Lancashire Division. 25 February 1915 : landed at Le Havre and transferred to 15th Brigade, 5th Division. 18 November 1915 : left Brigade and attached as Army Troops to Third Army. 26 January 1916 : transferred to 165th Brigade, 55th (West Lancashire) Division.

Action : The Battles of the Lys 

9 April - 29 April 1918. As the first phase of the great German campaign of 1918 lost momentum and failed in its objective to split the British and French armies, subsidiary attacks were shift the balance of the attack and to seek opportunities to exploit other sectors. On the Lys the Germans initially enjoyed spectacular success against a Portuguese Division but the gap was soon plugged and the advance halted.

Masonic :

TypeLodge Name and No.Province/District :
Mother : Royal Military No. 1449 E.C.East Kent

Initiated
Passed
Raised
10th March 1913
14th April 1913
13th May 1913
 

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