Basic Details
Surname
Smith
Forenames
T E
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Thomas Edward
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 28 Albert Place. It inaccurately states he died on 3/8/1918.

(CWGC records that Driver Thomas Edward Smith, regimental number 806772, died aged 23 on 3/9/1918 serving in D Battery, 99th Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery, and is buried in grave D.711 at Sarigol Military Cemetery in Kriston, Greece. They record him as a native of Oundle, the son of Mrs Cranfield of 28 Albert Place, Peterborough. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Thomas' former regimental number was 184839, that he died of wounds on 3/9/1918, and that his mother Emily Granfield was his legatee. Thomas Edward Smith's birth was registered in the Oundle District in 1894. The Baptism register of Oundle church records that he was baptised on 25/11/1894 as the son of Emily and Thomas William Smith of Oundle. By the 1901 census Emily Smith was a widow, living at Haines Yard in Oundle with her son Thomas. On 23/11/1907 Emily Smith married John Robert Granfield at Oundle Church. On the 1911 Thomas Edward Smith was staying with his mother's relatives at 18 Inkerman Yard, Inkerman Place in Oundle; his mother Emily was living with her 2nd husband John Granfield at 11 South Street, Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Field Artillery
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Driver
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Greece
Town of death
Salonica
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1918
Month of death
August
Day of death
3
Manner of death as stated
"Died of wounds 3 August 1918 [sic] in Salonica"
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
28, ALBERT PALCE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial