2717070 Guardsman Hugh SMITH, 1 Irish Guards: 10/05/1940

Date of Enlistment:
Army Number: 2717070
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Hugh SMITH
Unit: 1 Irish Guards

Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:

Date of Death 10 May 1940

 

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Reference: WO 416/334/373
Name: Hugh Smith.
Date of Birth: [unspecified].
Age: [30].
Place of Birth: [unspecified].
Service: British Army.
Rank: [Guardsman].
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [1st Battalion, Irish Guards].
Service Number: 2717070.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: [unspecified].
PoW number: [unspecified].
Date of Death: [10/5/1940].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.

 

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GUARDSMAN HUGH SMITH
Service Number: 2717070
Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Irish Guards
Date of Death: 10 May 1940
Age 30 years old
Buried or commemorated at HARSTAD CEMETERY
Grave Reference: Allied Plot F. 8.
Location: Norway
Additional Info: Son of Patrick and Kate Smith; husband of Muriel Smith, of Dagenham, Essex.
Personal Inscription: FOR WHICH LOVE TO DEATH HE WENT: IN WHICH DEATH HE LIES CONTENT