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pres, 8 Nov.
1914, and removed to Christol Hospital at Boulogne, where he died, 15
Nov. 1914; _unm._ His body was brought to England and buried in
a private cemetery in Wingfield Park. He rowed No. 6 in the Cambridge
eight v. Oxford in 1905.

 [Illustration: =Bernard R. W. Smith.=]

=SMITH, BERTIE WILLIAM=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 22119, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, CHARLES=, Private, No. 1513, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn.
The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), Transport Section, 2nd _s._ of
John Smith, by his wife, Annie (83, Under Road, Hastings), dau. of
Norman Tomars; _b._ Hastings, 25 June, 1879; educ. Village School,
Ore, Hastings; was an employee of the Local Board; joined 5th Sussex
Territorials, 1902; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak
of war; went to France 17 Feb. 1915; invalided back to England July
following and died of disease in Camberwell Hospital, 5 Aug. 1915.
He _m._ at Hastings, 1904, Louisa (45, Sandown Road, Ore,
Hastings), dau. of John Robert Gringer, of 51, Jersey Street, Brighton,
Fishmonger, and had two sons and three daughters: Harry P., _b._
3 Oct. 1904; William J., _b._ 3 May, 1912; Edith P., _b._ 26
Nov. 1906; Winnie L., _b._ 20 Oct. 1909; and Rose E., _b._ 17
Feb. 1915.

 [Illustration: =Charles Smith.=]

=SMITH, CHARLES JOSEPH=, Plumber's Mate, N. 5491, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, CHARLES KING=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 12461, H.M.S. Hawke,
_s._ of Frederick Smith, of 104, Priory Park, Kilburn, N.W.; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, CHARLES SAMUEL=, Officer's Steward, 1st Class, 112414,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 10510, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, ERNEST GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 17544, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, ERNEST LAURENCE=, Private, No. 227, 6th Battn.
Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of John Smith, of
160, Warton Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tailor, by his wife,
Margaret, dau. of Liny Lloyd Daney; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 13
Aug. 1889; educ. St. Mary's Catholic School and Westgate Road Council
School; was employed with the North-Eastern Advertising Company,
Newcastle, joined the Northumberland Fusiliers Volunteers (now the 6th
Territorial Battn.) about 1907; volunteered for foreign service after
the outbreak of war; went to France in April, 1915, and was killed in
action in the trenches, near Ypres, 15 June following. He had a medal
for good work in rifle practice in connection with the Ponteland Coy.;
He _m._ at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 19 Oct. 1912, Mary Alice (72, Mason
Street, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne), dau. of the late Thomas Smith, and
had two children: Dorothy Vera, _b._ 30 March, 1913; and Audrey,
_b._ 29 Dec. 1914.

 [Illustration: =Ernest Laurence Smith.=]

=SMITH, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4823), 202637, H.M.S. Hawke; lost
when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=SMITH, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6480),
288029, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9220, 4th Battn. The Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, died there, 23
Aug. 1914; _m._

=SMITH, GEORGE=, Private, No. G. 1243, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action,
23 April, 1915; _m._

=SMITH, GEORGE CATT=, Corpl., No. 917, No. 3 Platoon, A Coy.,
13th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, yst.
_s._ of Alfred William Smith, of Ramsgate, Photographer, by his
wife, Katherine, dau. of J. Sackett, of Pegwell, Ramsgate; _b._
Canterbury, 29 July, 1887; educ. Holy Cross Church School there; went
to Australia; joined the 2nd Australian contingent in Sept. 1914, and
was killed in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, during the night of 6-7 Aug.
1915; _unm._ According to particulars given to his brother, Mr.
A. G. Smith, by survivors of this action, they were over the ridge
and well on to the of Sari Bair, when he apparently got ahead of his
comrades. He was found the next morning in a fighting attitude with
rifle and bayonet at the engage, and, most remarkable of all, in an
upright position, smiling. He was buried at the foot of Sari Bair, side
by side with a New Zealander.

=SMITH, GEORGE EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10168),
298691, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, GEORGE HARRIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10152), S.S.
107881, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6170), 182124, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, GEORGE STUART=, Private, No. 2499, 1/5th Battn. The Royal
Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Robert Smith, of 19, Leamington
Terrace, Edinburgh, Manager, Central Meat Market Co., Ltd., Edinburgh,
by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Alexander Inveriarity Millar; _b._
Edinburgh, 24 Feb. 1888; educ. George Heriot's School, Edinburgh; was a
Wholesale Meat Salesman; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined
the Royal Scots; left with his regt. for the Dardanelles, 19 March,
1915, and was killed in action, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried near
Krithia, Gallipoli. His comrade, Private Charles Groves, wrote: "We
have lost a true and loyal comrade, who never hesitated to say what
he meant, and whose word was a bond. Everyone who knew him here and
who had any dealings with him had the greatest respect and affection
for him. He died as he lived--doing his duty, and with his face to the
foe. His life was an example for all. In the section he was at all
times a pillar of strength, and his quiet confidence often imbued us
with strength to carry out our work." Private Smith was a member of
the Heriot Golf Club and Turnhouse Golf Club (Midlothian), of which
latter he was a "plus" player, representing his club in the Inter-Club
Tournament of 1913. He played in the Battn. Rugby football team.

 [Illustration: =George Stuart Smith.=]

=SMITH, GILBERT JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6468, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, HARRY SCELLEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10076), S.S. 2619,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, HENRY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3670C, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, HENRY WILSON (TAS.)=, Sergt., No. 11/378, Wellington
Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late
Frederick Charles Smith, by his wife, Louise Emily (174, Terrace,
Wellington, N.Z.); _b._ Featherstone, Wairarapa, Wellington, New
Zealand, 4 April, 1887; educ. Featherstone and Carterton, Wairarapa,
and Hawkes Bay, Hastings; volunte

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