Basic Details
Surname
Smith
Forenames
George
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
40370
Notes
The Roll lists his address as GNR Loco Dept.

(CWGC records that Private George Smith, regimental number 40370, died aged 19 on 26/12/1917 serving in B Company, 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium. They record him as the son of George and Mary Ann Smith of Cross Street, Farcet, Peterborough. Soldiers Died in the Great War record George as a native of Farcet who enlisted in Huntingdon. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his father John G Smith was his legatee. On the 1911 census George was aged 12, living with his parents John George and Mary Ann at Farcet near Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
2nd
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Passchendaele
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
December
Day of death
26
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action at Passchendaele
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
G M R LOCO DEPT
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial