Archie William Smith
Title
Archie William Smith
Description
Archie Smith was born on 25 June 1891 in Oakridge. He was the son of George Smith and Sarah Gardiner. George Smith was a general labourer and lived at Lillyhorn Cottage, Bournes Green. Archie enrolled in Oakridge School on 8 August 1898 and left on 3 March 1905. He worked as a weaver of carpets and in 1909 married Florence Wear in Stroud Registry Office in 1909. In 1911 he was living with his father-in-law, William Wear, a chimney sweep in France Lynch with his wife Florence and child Eva.
He enlisted in Stroud in 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. He served as a Lance Corporal and died from wounds on 17 April 1918 in France, aged 27 leaving a widow and 2 children, Eva and Sidney.
He is remembered in the Wimereux Communal Cemetery near Boulogne.
He enlisted in Stroud in 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. He served as a Lance Corporal and died from wounds on 17 April 1918 in France, aged 27 leaving a widow and 2 children, Eva and Sidney.
He is remembered in the Wimereux Communal Cemetery near Boulogne.
Source
Oakridge History Group
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Citation
“Archie William Smith,” Oakridge Archives, accessed May 5, 2024, https://oakridgearchives.omeka.net/items/show/164.