Smith, W. D. | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia - Royal Army Medical Corps. Image kindly provided by Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Smith, W. D.

Forename(s):

W. D.

Surname:

Smith

Date of Death:

Saturday, July 1, 1916

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Degree(s):

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Service Number:

58792

Rank:

Corporal

Service:

Army

Unit:

Royal Army Medical Corps, 92nd Field Ambulance

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Smith was the son of Joseph and Janet Smith. He gained a B.A. degree at Armstrong College and went on to be a teacher at Hirst North Senior School, Ashington, Northumberland.

Smith was a Corporal in the Royal Army Medical Corps, 92nd Field Ambulance. He was killed in action aged 24.

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Smith is buried in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Memorials

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars, The Northerner Student Magazine)

North East War Memorials Project

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton, Ian Johnson.