Lance Corporal Edward Ernest Smith

Army Number: 72534

Battalion: 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Son of Thomas Edward and Matilda Smith, of 15, Chester Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.

Killed in action, 21st March 1918, aged 32, whilst holding the line near Sorrell Wood/Longeuval, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Commemorated : Pozieres Memorial, France. Panel 52 to 54.