Edward Charles – Smith – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 22/02/1917
Title
Edward Charles – Smith – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 22/02/1917
Initials / forenames
Edward Charles
Surname
Smith
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Suffolk Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Military rank
Private
Military number
43662
Railway department
Ipswich Locomotive Department
Railway job
Clerk
Date died
22/02/1917
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine July 1917, pg 166.
Memorial
Porte-de-Paris, Cambrai
Notes
Aged 20, son of Horace and Ellen A. G. Smith of 261 Norwich Road, Ipswich. He joined the Great Eastern Railway April 1911, working there until he enlisted January 1916. Smith was taken as a prisoner of war in November of the same year, and died on his 20th birthday whilst still a POW in Germany.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society), Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
24/10/2016
Last updated
24/10/2016
Citation
“Edward Charles – Smith – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 22/02/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 18, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/45799.