Army Number: 14063

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born in Arnold. Son of Thomas and Hannah, of St. Albans Road, Arnold, Nottingham. He was a miner prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He went to France on 27th January 1915 and was killed in action, on 12th March 1915 in the German counter-attack and then the British counter-attack during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, France.

Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial, France. Panel 26 and 27.

Private Smith is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
Beacon Baptist Church War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.

His brother Private Harry Smith 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment also fell in the Great War.