Basic Details
Surname
Smith
Forenames
William Ancres
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
William Ambrose
Served or died
Died
Service number
267530
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 46 St John's Street. [It records that he died about 17/7/1917; he actually died 29/7/1917].

(N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Ox and Bucks L. I.
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Poperinghe
Country of burial
Not stated
Town of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated
Year of death
1917
Month of death
July
Day of death
17
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action about 17th July 1917 at Poperinghe
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action