No.1055977, Gunner, James Wilfred SMITH
Aged 36
medals not known
67th Medium Regiment,Royal Artillery
Died on Tuesday, 9th July 1940
Believed to be James Wilfred SMITH, born 31st January 1905 in Deighton (Northallerton Q1-1905 9D:671), son of Harry and Mary SMITH (née MITCHELL). 1911 census...Aged 6, he was at 7 West Green, Pocklington, Yorkshire, with his father Harry SMITH [30] railway porter born Bishop Wilton; his mother Mary [28] born Hull; sisters Lucy Georgiana [9-7-1903] born Bishop Wilton, and Florence Marjorie [4] born Welbury; boarder John Askwith,[72] widower born Bishop Wilton. None are identified in the 1939 register. |
The circumstances of his death are unknown. The death was registered in Newmarket (Q3-1940 4A:1944)
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