We remember Wilfred Robert Abel Smith

We remember Wilfred Robert Abel Smith

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Timeline

Timeline

1871
birth Source:9515418 1871
1890
service British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion Source:9525193 26th November 1890 - 22nd July 1894
1894
service British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion Source:9525193 23rd July 1894 - 2nd May 1899
1899
service British Army Captain Grenadier Guards Source:9515414 3rd May 1899 - 11th December 1906
1906
service British Army Major Grenadier Guards 3rd Battalion Source:9515414 12th December 1906
education Eton College Eton United Kingdom Source:9515417
service British Army Lieutenant Colonel Grenadier Guards Source:5193941
1915
death Killed in Action Pas de Calais France Source:9515418 Source:9515417 19th May 1915
burial Le Touret Military Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Rue du Bois, Richebourg, Pas de Calais France http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/262157/ Source:9515418

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Wilfred Robert Abel
Initials WRA
Last Name Smith
Source 9515414
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Grenadier Guards Lieutenant Colonel
British Army Grenadier Guards Captain
British Army Grenadier Guards 3rd Battalion Major
British Army Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion Second Lieutenant
British Army Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion Lieutenant
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Robert Smith father

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Communities

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Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Britain School & University rolls 1914-1918 Transcription Keith133517
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Keith133517
British Army, Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 Transcription Keith133517

External Evidence

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Hart's Annual Army List 1912 Keith133517
Hart's Annual Army List 1911 Keith133517
Hart's Annual Army List 1913 Keith133517
Hart's Annual Army List 1914 Keith133517
Hart's Annual Army List 1895 Keith133517

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We remember Wilfred Robert Abel Smith