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EDWIN CHURCHILL SMITH

  • Died: 01 Oct 1915
  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Service no at death: 864
  • Died: 01 Oct 1915
  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Service no at death: 864
Personal
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  • Surname: SMITH
  • Forename: EDWIN CHURCHILL
  • Initials: E C
  • Date of Birth: 08 May 1886
  • Place of Birth: Wimborne
  • Place of Birth Source: Ancestry
  • Address: Wilksworth FarmColehill, Wimborne
  • Schools attended: Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
  • Employment / trade: Working on farm
  • Place of work: Wilksworth Farm
  • Family (parents and grandparents): Son of the late Thomas and Sarah Lock Smith Thomas Farmer
  • Spouse Name:
  • Notes: Probate £18757s5d
Military
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  • Regiment at call-up: Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
  • Regiment at discharge:
  • Rank at call-up:
  • Service no at call-up: 864
  • Date of attestation:
  • Date of call-up:
  • Area reported to: Sherborne
  • Source: Ancestry
  • Naval vessels served:
  • Decorations and awards:
  • Other service details: Disembarked in Gallipoli 23 April 1915
  • Other rank:
  • Other service no:
  • Service facts:
Death and Memorial
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  • Age at death: 29
  • Date of death: 01 Oct 1915
  • Regiment at death: Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
  • Battalion at death: 1st/1st
  • Rank at death: Lance Corporal
  • Circumstances of death: Died of Enteric fever at 19 General Hospital Alexandria
  • Service no at death: 864
  • Field of action at death: Egypt
  • Place of death: Alexandria Miltary Hospital
  • Location of grave: Alexandria (Chatby) Military & War Memorial Cemetery
  • Position: D134
  • Other memorials: Colehill Memorial Named on plaque within Wimborne Minster Queen Elizabeth School memorial Wimborne Cemetery 7C74
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