| Surname: | Smithson |
| Initials: | M R |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 2694170 |
| Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in the Scots Guards, transferred to CMP. 27/11/43 serving with 78 Div Pro Coy, CMP. War Diary 78 Div Pro Coy, WO 169/8834,Torino, 23/11/43, 15.45 hrs, section billet area, road junction c433012 hit by enemy shelling 2694170 Sgt Smithson M and 7688244 L/Cpl Harris a admitted to 5 CCS with GSW's, two other NCO's slightly injured. . Casualty List 1319, Italy, Wounded, 23/11/43. 30/6/1944 to discharge. 30/7/48 Awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star with 1 army clasp, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- 83 Parkside Avenue, Romford. Essex. Maurice Reginald Smithson. |