Basic Details
Surname
Smith
Forenames
Samuel William
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
War
Second World War (1939-1945)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Recovered 22.02.2023 from https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2341314/samuel-william-smith/
Service Number: 2616706
Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.
3rd (8th Bn. The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Regt.
Date of Death 06 August 1944 Age 24 years old
Buried BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY III. L. 22. France
Son of Horace Frederick and Anne Smith, of Ruddington, Nottinghamshire.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Reconnaissance Corps
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Sarjeant
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Bayeux
Cemetery
BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY III. L. 22.
Year of death
1944
Month of death
August
Day of death
6
Age at death
24