No.6341108, Lance Corporal, Harold George SMITH
Aged 32
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Possibly
Harold George Smith was born in 1912 (North Witchford Q2-1912 3B:936), son of George and Charlotte Smith (née KENT), of Greenside,
Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Husband of Ann Smith (nee Forster), of 20 Burnhills Gardens, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham, and later of Brandon, Suffolk. One son. . Father was from Cambridgeshire, but mother was a Brandon girl. Baptised in St Wendreda, March on 26th April 1912 when his parents (father a blacksmith) were living at 12 The Avenue,March According to the Ryton war memorial researchers and Newcastle Evening Chronicle: In 1941, in C.Durham, he married Ann Smith (née FORSTER), of 20 Burnhills Gardens, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham, and later of Brandon, Suffolk. One son. There is much scope for error here Two uncles, brothers of his mother are on the memorial for WW1, Arthur and Edward KENT see here and see here |
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At the end of April 1943 the Allies were grouping and preparing for the final advance in Tunisia. The 1st Queen's Own had 32 killed on 29th April 1943 when fighting near Sidi Abdullah. |
photo: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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