Personal Profile

585. Dvr. Smith, Harold

Driver

Date of Birth: c1894, Llansamlet, Swansea (CENS)
Occupation: Pawnbrokers Assistant (SR)
Employer: A. Lyons, College Street
Enlisted - Date: 21/8/1911
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 585
Service O/S: Home: 21/8/11 - 5/4/16.
Other service: G/29275, Cpl, R Fus
Demobilised: 5/4/1916
Date Died: 11-13/4/1918
How Died: Missing
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born c1894, Llansamlet, Swansea. Parents - Edwin & Mary E. Full name Charles Harold

1901 - 49 Neath Rd, Swansea. 7yo. W parents & 2 older sibs. Shown as Charles Harold

1911 - 49 Neath Rd, Swansea. 18yo. Occ-Assistant, Pawnbrokers. W widowed mother and 2 elder sibs

1916 - Description 5ft 6in, dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair

1918 - Died 11/13 April, Buried OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL.

Address:
49 Neath Rd
Swansea

Military Service

SR

Enl 21 Aug 1911, Swansea, Dvr, 1st Glam Bty

Embodied 21.8.1914 - unusual

Transferred Amm Col - 26 Sep 1914

Transferred 2/1st Welsh AC - 14 Jun 1915

Transferred 47th Provn Battn, Norwich - 3 Jul 1915

Discharged Cromer, 5 April 1916 - Military Service Act. Character V Good. During the period he has been under my command he has borne a very good character

Re-enlisted in Royal Fusiliers, Cpl G/29275, initially with 8 Bn

- France 3 August 1916, transferred to 2nd Bn next day

- 1 March 1917, admitted 34 CCS, 2 Royal Fus, Z, 29275, L.Cpl Smith H. 23yo. 5y7m service, Sh Wd hand (R), Leg(R). Disch to duty 4/3/17

- missing in 1918 German Spring Offensive, "Z" Coy, 14 Plat, 2nd Battn, R Fus. See newspaper article, address and mother correct and wearing artillery cap badge

- confirmed died between 11 & 13 April 1918, Buried OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL. Son of Edwin and Mary Smith.

- enquiries about his whereabouts in late 1918,

1st Welsh Unit: 2/1st Welsh AC
Discharged - Reason: Military Service Act.
Addnl info: Buried OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL. Son of Edwin and Mary Smith.
Final Unit: 3rd Provisional battery
Sources: (SR)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
Back to Nom Roll