Private Nathanial S. Smith

Army Number : 17905

Battalion : 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Awards : Military Medal.

Son of Joseph William And Amelia Smith, of 9, Stella Villas, Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Was awarded the M.M. London Gazette 17th June 1919 “For bravery in the attack on Guizancourt Farm, near Beaurevoir on 5th October 1918, when carrying messages of importance under heavy machine gun fire. He was killed in action (5th October 1918, age 22) on this same day, whilst carrying out his work”

Buried/Commemorated : Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy, France. Plot I. Row B, Grave 13.

Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy, France.
Private Nathanial S. Smith

Private Nathanial S. Smith is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
St. Mark’s Church War Memorial, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.