Basic Details
Surname
Smith
Forenames
Joseph H
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Joseph Henry
Served or died
Died
Service number
30236
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 10 Bread Street.

(CWGC records that Private Joseph Henry Smith, regimental number 30236, died on 3/9/1916 serving in 14th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War records Joseph as a native of Peterborough who was living in New Fletton when he enlisted in Old Fletton, and that he served in the Hunts Cyclist Battalion under regimental number 810 before joining the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his legatees were his mother Charlotte Smith, sister Alice L Smith and Mrs Alma J Smith. On the 1911 census Joseph Henry Smith, aged 14, was living at 13 Fellowes Road, Old Fletton with his parents Charlotte and George Henry Smith; also in the household was Joseph's sister Alice Lily. Joseph's baptism on 26/2/1897, as the son of Charlotte and George Smith of St Mary's Street, was recorded in the Baptism register of St John's Church, Peterborough. His birth was registered in Peterborough District in 1897).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Warwicks
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
14th
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
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
3
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action on the Somme
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
10, BREAD STREET
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial