https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/43314/archive/files/f059096e7585981cb4d6aab8502f35c8.png?Expires=1787788800&Signature=Q3W5SPoBgPpCLPJTfEivDmloJL3Sbi2HTD2F8djrb4J7fyy3Tzr4C4nCygH0PpwYsWRxRAz1hgaIMD8O24BlC8LenuGLZ01IDDweDHCrBSUStqmmYArVv3HDV2UVZO5mMlf-elQoxw-6guKJhu0DYp6xIxzqi7PctVz8AYBOCSa8b58Fr73VDm0wCJVLEv3L7-DYpymiQiiyLWw-%7Ee8wvU1FRG8giV4IJN9DFeyko7dGWN904RkZ0gKE%7EnWptEd%7E3AgCCE9BywfEHECo29SEzYV4z445ijeC3xMPTJQQyeor-NKC7X5IvH6WCyBnDKhdLsNmTyx9qrztQVWgKWuUGQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 91668cbcb970033662455f43463f4984 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource War and Remembrance Subject The topic of the resource As with most communities the cost of war was high. Here we remember the fallen and their stories. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Oakridge History Group Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Archie William Smith Description An account of the resource 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. <br /><br />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.<br /><br /> He is remembered in the Wimereux Communal Cemetery near Boulogne. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Oakridge History Group Type The nature or genre of the resource Static Image