Lance Sergeant Walter Smith

Army Number : 305868

Battalion : 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Newark, Nottinghamshire. Son of Christopher and Emily Smith, of 14, Elgin Place, Newark. He enlisted at Newark and was killed in action, 7th April 1917, during the attack at Le Verguier, north-west of Saint Quentin, France.

Buried/Commemorated : Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, France. Plot 2. Row A. Grave 47.

Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, France.
Lance Sergeant Walter Smith
Photograph of headstone kindly supplied
by Barry Sisson.

Lance Sergeant Walter Smith is also commemorated on the following local memorials:
Newark Cemetery War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church Parishioners War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church Borough of Newark, Roll of Honour, Newark, Nottinghamshire.