S. G. Smith
Service no. 470355
Company Serjeant Major, London Regiment (The Rangers), 12th Battalion
Killed in action on 26 September 1917, aged 37
CWGC: “Son of George and Frances Smith, of Stockwell; husband of Mabel Annie Smith, of 54, Mordaunt Street, Stockwell, London.”
Remembered at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9
British Army WWI Pension Records, 1914-1920
There are only 3 pages on Smith in the archive. They cover his 5-year period of service with the Territorials, from 26 May 1909 to 25 May 1914, when he left the London Regiment (The Rangers) as Lance Corporal.
The records state that
- Smith was 29 and 5 months when he joined
- He was married and living at 13 Effort Road, Highbury
- He was a clerk with “Ellis & Co”
- He was 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a chest of 34½ inches, which he could expand by 2 inches
