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Private Frederick SMITH, G/6454, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent  Regiment, died, 14th September 1916, age 19. 

Born Rainham, Kent, son of George and Ann Smith, of 35, Ivy Street, Rainham, Kent.


1911 Census - 35, Ivy Street, Rainham, Kent - George Smith, head, age 51, married, farm labourer, worker, born Upchurch. Kent; Ann Smith, wife, age 49, married 30 years, 13 (changed from 14), children, 7 still alive, 6 died, born Upchurch. Kent; Thomas Smith, son, age 21, single, farm labourer, worker, born Rainham, Kent; Albert Smith, son, age 17, single, arm labourer, worker, born Rainham, Kent; Frederick Smith, son, age 13, school, born Rainham, Kent; Doris Smith, daughter, age 11, school, born Rainham, Kent; Emman Smith, daughter, age 8, born Rainham, Kent; Percy Smith, son, age 6, born Rainham, Kent; Alice Smith, daughter, age 3, born Rainham, Kent; Jess? Apps, boarder, age 79, widower, old age pensioner, born Birsted, Kent.


Enlisted Chatham, Kent.

30th September 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at Rainham (St Margaret) Churchyard, New Ground, Kent. Commemorated Rainham War Memorial


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