Private Herbert Victor Smith

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

1898

Date of Death

25 Sep 1915

Service Number

17938

Place of Birth

Luton
United Kingdom

World War I Address

Chapel Road
Flitwick
United Kingdom

Place of Death

France

Grave Location

France

War Memorial Location

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier

 

Pte Herbert Victor Smith, 17938, D Company, 2nd Battalion Beds Regt, was killed in action in the Battle of Loos on September 25th, 1915.

Born in Luton on June 6th, 1898, he spent most of his life in Flitwick, living with his family in Church End as a three-year-old at the time of the 1901 Census. The family later lived in Chapel Road.

He was the son of straw hat goods factory manager/manufacturer Arthur Smith and the late Mrs Rebecca Swales Smith.

Individual Location

Author: Deejaya

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