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2719112 Lance-Corporal L SMITH, 1 Irish Guards

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  1. dbf

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    Date of Enlistment: 1939
    Date of Discharge: -

    Army Number: 2719112
    Rank: Lance-Corporal
    Name: L SMITH
    Unit: HQ Company, 1 Irish Guards
     
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    dbf Member

    Army Number: 2719112
    Rank: Guardsman
    Name: L 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, 800 Local Currency


    Listed on Acquisition Roll only, attached in Missing Personnel file - not a POW

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  3. dbf

    dbf Member

    Card states Army Number 271912, likely an error.

    Supplementary* application (1953)

    Campaign Stars & Medals : 2:0
    • 1939-45 Star
    • Italy Star *

    Address etc redacted - 1939-45 Star annotation not fully visible.

    SMITH L 271912.png
     
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