The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A A Smith

Private Arthur Alfred SMITH, G/8691, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 31st July 1917, age20.

Born Plaistow, Essex, son of William and Freda Smith, of 55, May Road, Plaistow, London.

1911 Census - 45 Greengate Street, Plaistow, Essex - William Smith, head, age 44, married, general labourer, Gas Works, worker, born Doddinghurst, Essex; Alfreda Ellen Smith, wife, age 34, married 17 years, 8 children, 5 still alive, born Catsfield, Sussex; Arthur Alfred Smith, son, age 13, school / milk boy, born Plaistow, Essex; Florence Irene Smith, daughter, age 10, born Plaistow, Essex; Grace Winifred Smith, daughter, age 5, born Plaistow, Essex; Doris May Smith, daughter, age 2, born Plaistow, Essex; Daisy Viola Smith, daughter, age 1 month, born Plaistow, Essex.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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