| Surname: | Smith |
| Initials: | R |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/18475 |
| Notes: | MFP. Awarded the 1914 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 19/8/1914. Shown as (1) France, 5/7/1918 on medal roll C/134, page B1382. Previously enlisted 16/12/1899 in the Royal Field Artillery, age 15 years, discharged 30/4/1912. 5/9/1914 mobilized in the RFA, No.2602, 1/6/1915 transferred to Wiltshire Regiment, 10/3/1917, address: 27a Viewforth, Leven, Fife, 21/9/1918 transferred to the Wiltshire Regiment No. 14353, 21/9/1918 transferred to the Labour Corps, 8/8/1919 transferred to the MFP, 14/3/1919 volunteered to serve in BAOR, 5/5/1920, discharged no longer physically fit for war service. 14/12/1914 he married Ada Mayer at Edinburgh they had 3 children. Info from Pension Index Card: Smith, Ralph, MFP, P/18475, L/Cpl, 5/2/1910 discharged, born 1885, married, address: Promenade Street, Leven, disability, Periostitis ( inflammation of the membrane that surrounds the shin bone) & DAH, (disorderly action of heart). Ralph Smith. |