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Military service
Service number:
B/37794
Age:
25
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
October 20, 1916
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
June 21, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
L. 44.
Additional information
Son of Henry and Eveline Margaret Smith.
Brother of Private Henry Smith, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, missing in action on 19 August 1942.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Francis Herbert Smith
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery located approximately 5 km. from the beach of Dieppe, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Francis Herbert Smith
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Francis Herbert Smith
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Francis Herbert Smith
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Francis Herbert Smith
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Francis Herbert Smith
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Francis Herbert Smith
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Francis Herbert Smith
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Francis Herbert Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 115 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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