Canadian Virtual War Memorial
David Shirley Smith
In memory of:
Sergeant David Shirley Smith
September 4, 1944
Military Service
K/1647
23
Army
British Columbia Dragoons, R.C.A.C.
'A' Sqn., 9th Armd. Regt.
Additional Information
Son of Cyril Hardy Smith and Ruth Smith, of Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada.
Commemorated on Page 445 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
I, F, 48.
GRADARA WAR CEMETERY is situated in the Commune of Gradara in the Province of Pesaro, at a distance of about 1.5 kilometres from the shores of the Adriatic. To reach the GRADARA WAR CEMETERY from Highway A14 (Bologna-Taranto), exit at Cattolica, which is the nearest town and a seaside resort. The Cemetery is on the main road 5 kilometres south west of the town. The cemetery occupies a unique position on a hillside which was terraced for agriculture, each row of graves taking up one terrace. The site for the cemetery was chosen in November 1944 and it contains the graves of casualties incurred during the advance from Ancona to Rimini (which broke the Gothic Line) and in the heavy fighting around Rimini, which was taken by the Allies on 21st September 1944.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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