Basic Details
Surname
Smith
Forenames
R T
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Robert Towers
Served or died
Died
Notes
Service and death details are sourced from The Old Birkonians website (see References) which also contains a short biography of this man. The school website has him dying in April, the CWGC in a more likely May given where he is apparently buried.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Escoublac-le-Baule
Cemetery
War Cemetery
Year of death
1940
Month of death
May
Day of death
26
Age at death
32