Notes
The All About Thornton website (see References) states: ‘George S(aunders) Smith, son of Donald and Elizabeth Smith, of the Police House, George Street, Thornton, born in Clayton in the April to June quarter of 1878. In the 1911 Census he lived at 20 Crofts Bank Road, Urmston, Manchester, and was a Draper and Outfitter. He was married to Hannah, and had a child Kenneth, and employed a domestic servant. Private, Manchester Regiment #2413. Killed in Gallipoli on 2 July, 1915, aged 37. Memorial reference: Sp. Mem. C. 417, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Turkey.'