Private Frederick Gordon Smart

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

1896

Date of Death

1985

Regiment

Place of Birth

Luton
United Kingdom

World War I Address

Harcourt Street
Luton
LU1
United Kingdom

Place of Death

Lambeth
London
United Kingdom

Grave Location

United Kingdom

Luton ward

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier

From the Luton News dated 25th May 1916.  Private Frederick Gordon Smart of Harcourt Street Luton has just been wounded after serving for nine months with the Bedfords in France.  He received a gunshot in the right arm.

Frederick was the son of Frederick and Elizabeth Smart.  He had three sisters and four brothers - with the youngest brother, Douglas, also serving with the Bedford Regiment.  They both survived the War with Frederick taking up his pre-war job as a warehouseman and marrying in 1924

Individual Location

Author: Diane Cullen

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