Private 12311 Edward SMITH

Private 12311 Edward Smith{gallery}Pte E Smith{/gallery}9th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
Killed in action in Battle of Bazentin Ridge (Somme), France and Flanders, 14th July 1916, aged 21

• Buried: Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France. Grave XI.B.6
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of and Christina Smith [now Bambury]
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Smith
• Flatiron Copse Cemetery
• Leicestershire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1895 at Atherstone
• Lived at Walmley Road, Sutton Coldfield [1901]
  
• Lived at Snow Hill, Chapel End, Atherstone [1911]
• Employed as a butcher’s assistant [1911]
  
• Enlisted at 2 Sep 1914 Nuneaton. Arrived in France 29 Jul 1915