Notes
He enrolled at Worcester College, Oxford in 1906 and the college archives state: 'Eric Smith entered the College in 1906 and, following his graduation, became Sports Master at West Buckland School in North Devon. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Public Schools Battalion attached to the Royal Fusiliers and served in France. In April 1916 he was recommended for a commission and was gazetted to the Royal West Kent Regiment, returning to the front on 18 September 1916. Second Lieutenant Eric Smith died from heart failure following an attack of acute jaundice on 15 October 1916, while on active duty in France.'