Army Number: 2718369 Rank: Guardsman Name: J SMITH Unit: H.Q. Company, 1 Irish Guards Theatre: Italy Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file TNA Reference: WO 361/784 Notes: Date of Payment 23 December 1943, 600 Local Currency Missing, Killed in Action 4 February 1944
Casualty Guardsman SMITH, JOSEPH Service Number 2718369 Died 04/02/1944 Aged 27 1st Bn. Irish Guards Son of George and Elizabeth Smith, of Dublin, Irish Republic. INSCRIPTION: LORD HAVE MERCY ON HIM Buried at ANZIO WAR CEMETERY Location: Italy Cemetery/memorial reference: IV, V, 6. See cemetery plan