Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Richard Smith
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 200054
- Rank: Company Sergeant Major
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Black Watch
- Unit/Ship: 'C' Company, 4th/5th Battalion
- Place of Death: Belgium
- Age at Death: 31
- Date of Death: 26/09/1917
- Burial Country: Belgium
- Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 94 to 96.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Edinburgh
- Address: 46 Hillbank Road, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
- Father:
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Jane Smith, 46 Hillbank Rd, Dundee
- Children:
James, born -7.06.1907, Elizabeth, born 04.09.1909, Mary, born 17.07.1911 & Richard, born 04.11.1913
More about Richard Smith
Richard has no known grave but is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Richard Smith 200054 Black Watch
SMITH—Killed in action, September 26th, Coy.-Sergeant-Major, Richard Smith, (200054), Black Watch, R.H., aged 31 years, beloved husband of Jane Galloway, 46 Hillbank.
Dundee Peoples Journal 27th September 1917
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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