Surname: | Smith |
Initials: | H W |
Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Army Number: | P/11413 |
Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 26/5/1915 to 1/9/1915 and (4) Mesopotamia, 10/2/1915 to 14/4/1916 and 20/10/1916. 4/9/1914 he enlisted as a Pte. 2 Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. No. 18538, age 22.6 years, occupation Miner, born Bulkington, Warwickshire, address: Withybrook Road, Ruyton, Nuneaton Warwickshire. 30/8/1915 sustained GSW to Eye and contusion of legs, 14 General Hospital, Wimeroux, 2/9/1915 evacuated to England. Served Home 4/9/1914 to 25/5/1915, BEF 26/5/1915 to 1/9/1915, Home 2/9/1915 to 9/12/1915, Mesopotamia 10/12/1915 to 23/10/1916, India 24/10/1916 to 31/1/1919, En route 1/2/1919 to 15/3/1919, Home 16/3/1919 to 14/4/1919, 15/4/19 to class Z reserve. 15/3/1917 to MMP. Horace Wilfred Smith. |