Private Harold Archer Smedley

Army Number : 201136

Battalion : 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Derby and lived at Osmaston, Derbyshire. Son of Henry and Bertha Smedley. Husband of Rose Smedley, of 40, Taylor Street, Osmaston, Derbyshire. He was a railway and carriage wagon builder prior to enlisting at Derby. He was killed in action, 27th April 1918, aged 31, when a German shell burst nine gas cylinders in ‘A’ Company trenches near Hulluch, France.

Buried/Commemorated : Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France. Plot 3. Row D. Grave 3.