Private 19657 Francis Gerald Vane Smith de HERIZ

Private 19657 Francis Gerald Vane Smith de Heriz{gallery}Pte F G V S de Heriz{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Died of wounds at No 61 Casualty Clearing Station, France and Flanders, 15th October 1917, aged 36.

• Buried: Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave X.I.1
• Awarded British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of the late Rev. Lionel Forbes Vane Smith and Hannah Maria Vane Smith de Heriz
• Brother of Sgt Walter V Smith de Heriz and Gunner Cyril R V Smith De Heriz
• NNWFHS Memorial: Over Whitacre and Shustoke
  
• Other Memorial: Coleshill [Grammar] School
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Heriz
• NNWFHS Over Whitacre War Memorial Page
• NNWFHS Shustoke War Memorial Page
• Dozinghem Military Cemetery
• Coldstream Guards

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1882 in High Ercall, Shropshire
  
• Lived at  The Nutlands, Over Whitacre [1911]
  
• Employed as a bank clerk [1911]