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Samuel Herbert Smith

In memory of:

Private Samuel Herbert Smith

October 29, 1914

Military Service


Service Number:

24768

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

13th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

March 15, 1886
Liverpool, England

Enlistment:

September 23, 1914
Valcartier, Quebec

Husband of Naomi Catherine Smith, of Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales.

Commemorated on Page 1 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

AMESBURY CEMETERY
Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

288.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of November 1, 1914. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist56y278uvic#mode/1up
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram October 1914. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation Papers– Source: Library and Archives Canada
  • Attestation Papers
  • Document– The circumstances of Samuel Herbert Smith's accidental death in England are described in the War Diary of the 13th Canadian Infantry Battalion of October 29, 1914.

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