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EDWIN CHURCHILL SMITH

Died : 01 Oct 1915
Rank : Lance Corporal
Service no at death: 864
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Surname: SMITH
Forename: EDWIN CHURCHILL
Initials: E C
Date of Birth 08 May 1886
Place of BirthWimborne
Place of Birth SourceAncestry
Address Wilksworth FarmColehill, Wimborne
Schools attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
Employment / tradeWorking on farm
Place of workWilksworth Farm
Family (parents and grandparents)Son of the late Thomas and Sarah Lock Smith Thomas - Farmer
Spouse Name
NotesProbate - £1875-7s-5d
Regiment at call-upDorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up
Service no at call-up864
Date of attestation -
Date of call-up -
Area reported toSherborne
SourceUK Soldiers who died
Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service detailsDisembarked in Gallipoli 23 April 1915
Other rank
Other service no
Service facts
Age at death29
Date of death 01 Oct 1915
Regiment at deathDorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
Battalion at death1st/1st
Rank at deathLance Corporal
Circumstances of deathDied of Enteric fever at 19 General Hospital Alexandria
Service no at death864
Field of action at deathEgypt
Place of deathAlexandria Miltary Hospital
Location of graveAlexandria (Chatby) Military & War Memorial Cemetery
PositionD134
Other memorialsColehill Memorial Named on plaque within Wimborne Minster Queen Elizabeth School memorial Wimborne Cemetery 7C74
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