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Alexander Smith

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Alexander's pension record courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: London
  • Service no: 511532
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: London Regiment (London Scottish)
  • Unit/Ship: 14th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 23
  • Date of Death: 29.03.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: VI.E.14.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dunfermline
  • Address: 10 Ancrum Road, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Jessie Hean Smith, 10 Ancrum Rd, Dundee

  • Father:

    Robert Bain Smith, 10 Ancrum Rd, Dundee

  • Siblings:
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  • Children:

More about Alexander Smith

Alexander Smith   511532   London Scottish

SMITH—Died of wounds, on 29th March, 1917, Private Alexander Smith, London Scottish, in his 23d year, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Robert B. Smith, Ochtivate, Ancrum, Lochee.

Dundee Peoples Journal 7th April 1917

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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