Basic Details
Surname
Smith
Forenames
George Cecil
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
14809
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 79 Princes Road.

(CWGC records that Private George Cecil Smith, regimental number 14809, died aged 19 on 27/9/1915 serving in 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Loos Memorial in France. They record him as the son of Ann Smith of 79 Princes Street, Peterborough and the late J G Smith. George Cecil Smith is also commemorated on a stone vase on the grave of his parents James George and Annie Smith in Broadway Cemetery in Peterborough- see WMR ref 70060. George's birth at Essendine in Rutland was registered in Stamford District in 1895. On the 1901 census he was living with his parents in Essendine. On the 1911 census they were living Morborne near Peterborough. George's Medal Index Card records that he was sent to France on 1/9/1915).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th
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
France
Town of death
Loos
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
September
Day of death
27
Manner of death as stated
Reported missing now presumed killed in action at Battle of Loos.
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
79, PRINCES ROAD
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial