Private Alfred Smith, 26796
- Batt - 6
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 02/10/1917
- Age - 21
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Abraham and Mary Ann Smith. The War Diary for today records. IN THE FIELD. Evening. The Battalion was relieved by the 3rd/4th QUEEN’S OWN ROYAL WEST SURREY REGT. and proceeded to camp in SCOTTISH WOOD. The following casualties were reported. Other ranks killed four, wounded eighty one.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Place - Xxv A 11a, Lijssenhoek Military Cemetery
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Lijssenthoek Mil. Cem., Poperinghe, Belgium
- Born - Glenfield, Leics
- Enlisted - Leicester
- Place of Residence - Stamford Street, Glenfield, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - ST. PETER'S CHYRD. MEM.,GLENFIELD, LEICS
