Key Information
Name: John Smith
DoB: 22/08/1917
Regt: 950774
Battalion: 95 Anti-tank Regiment. Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery.
DoD: 23/01/1942 23
Buried/Commemorated: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Academic Career: CS 1927-32
Other:
Biographical Information
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Family Background:
Son of George and Winifred (nee Murray) Smith; husband of Elizabeth Smith, of Carlisle. (marriage Dec ¼ 1940)
Address at School – 8, Waldegrove Road
1939 John at home –Grocer’s Shop Assistant. Father b.1891 (Calico Printer, retired, incapacitated); Mother b. 1894. Brother George b. 1920; sister Winifred b. 1920 biscuit packer; brother Joseph and 2 more siblings.
Older sister Doris b. 1916